Библейски топоси в ранните служби за сръбски и български светци в ръкописи от XIII в.
Biblical Topoi in Early Offices for Serbian and Bulgarian Saints in Manuscripts of the 13th Century

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with universal Christian symbols (cross, crown, light and darkness etc.), biblical comparisons, and persons from the Old Testament (Abraham, Moses, Elias and Iona) used in referring to South Slavonic saints. They are systematised in several thematic circles. The analysis of the Old Serbian offices for St. Simeon and St. Sabas (compared with the Old Bulgarian offices for St. John of Rila, St. Joachim of Ossogovo etc.) show local South Slavonic saints to be of the venerable type. The result is a three-level scheme for examining the linear structure of the hymnographic composition of the office on the basis of the most frequently used Biblical topoi referring to saints: 1) in the stichera of the hesperinos and the first songs of the canon; 2) in the kontakion and oikos; 3) in the final troparia of the canon and the praise stichera.

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