A Newly Discovered Manuscript by Father Eduardo Informs about Public Relations among Bulgarian Catholics in the 19th Century Cover Image

Новооткрит ръкопис на отец Едуардо осветява обществените отношения сред българите католици през XIX вeк
A Newly Discovered Manuscript by Father Eduardo Informs about Public Relations among Bulgarian Catholics in the 19th Century

Author(s): Magdalena Abadzhieva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Paulician literature; newly discovered manuscript; Father Eduardo of Turin; literature of Bulgarian Catholics
Summary/Abstract: The report is dedicated to a newly discovered manuscript from the 19th century in Rakovski, written by Father Eduardo of Torino and represents a notarial book in which agreements and wills of Bulgarian Catholics are recorded. The manuscript belongs to the literature of Bulgarian Catholics, is not known to scientists and the next report presents for the first time data on its content and features. The discovery enriches the idea of this part of Bulgarian literature, as this type of notarial book has not been discovered, described and researched so far, and it contains valuable information about public relations between the representatives of this part of the Bulgarian people. The manuscript adds important data to the knowledge of the work of Father Eduardo of Torino, who wrote in modern Bulgarian language among Bulgarian Catholics in the second half of the 19th century.

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