SLAVIC SCRIPTS IN SOME EARLY TYPOGRAPHIC HANDBOOKS (BEFORE THE 19TH CENTURY) AND THE BULGARIAN SCRIPT AMONG THEM (EVIDENCE OF AN UNKNOWN SLAVIC ...
SLAVIC SCRIPTS IN SOME EARLY TYPOGRAPHIC HANDBOOKS (BEFORE THE 19TH CENTURY) AND THE BULGARIAN SCRIPT AMONG THEM (EVIDENCE OF AN UNKNOWN SLAVIC ...

Summary/Abstract: SLAVIC SCRIPTS IN SOME EARLY TYPOGRAPHIC HANDBOOKS (BEFORE THE 19TH CENTURY) AND THE BULGARIAN SCRIPT AMONG THEM (EVIDENCE OF AN UNKNOWN SLAVIC ALPHABET)? / The history of the two Slavic alphabets is a constant topic in Slavic studies, as the apostolic mission of Cyril and Methodius had as a result presumably the first act of interlacement of the Slavic culture in the European cultural world. It is a well known fact that the leading role in this process was played by the First Bulgarian kingdom which provided a great institutional support to the Slavic writing and literacy. Due to its profound significance, the issue of the Slavic scripts continues to reveal new aspect of its essence, which poses new challenges for the scientific interpretations of the problems of the rising of the two Slavic writing systems. The significance of the cultural role of the Glagolitic and especially of the Cyrillic alphabet was greater than that of any alphabetic system in Medieval Europe. However, simultaneously, beside the well-known and often drawn as their parallels Georgian and Armenian alphabets, there were a lot of other alphabets in use in the European world. One alphabet that was used in the course of centuries was known in Europe as the ‘Hun rovas alphabet” spread among the Hungarians. Little information can be found about these Hungarian ‘rovás’ letters, but they were regularly considered in specialised works the aim of which was to represent the writing systems of Europe or of the world. These studies first appeared in the 16th century encouraged by the discovery of printing1. As it was previously mentioned, apart from the ‘Hun rovas alphabet’, some other alphabets of higher or lower usage were functioning.

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