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An Unknown Anthology of Gnomoi in a Bulgarian Manuscript from the Fifteenth Century

(MS N 1/108 (556) OGNB)

Author(s): Irina Kuzidova
Subject(s): Language studies, 15th Century
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the 15th century South Slavonic manuscript N 1/108 from the State Scientific Library in Odessa. The codex is a convolute consisting of different manuscripts. The last of them contains a collection of proverbial sayings unexamined so far. The author shows that the collection is actually a short excerpt from the Byzantine gnomologium “Melissa”. The textological analysis leads to the assumption that this manuscript preserves a South Slavonic translation of the Greek “Melissa”. In all likelihood the translation was made on Mount Athos.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 65-79
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian