Разпоредби за чародейства и магии в Разложкия ръкопис
Provisions for Enchantments and Magic in the Razlog Manuscript

Author(s): Desislava Stoyankova
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: provisions; magic; enchantments; Razlog; manuscript; Nomocanon
Summary/Abstract: The book and the language are active factors in the consolidation of Bulgarian intellectual identity and part of our cultural heritage from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. The few preserved manuscripts with legal character include both texts with secular regulation and ecclesiastical law. The “law-society-culture” relationship is very close after the adoption of Christianity as the official religion of Bulgaria. Some of this literature did not survive during the Ottoman era, but retained its main functions, namely to guide and point out good and evil in society. An interesting monument from the 19th century period is the Razlog manuscript, called in scholarly circles the "late Nomocanon of 1865". The manuscript is unique precisely in that words of Turkish, Russian or Greek origin can be found in it, as well as Church Slavonic words used only in ecclesiastical texts. The purpose of this article is to present some typical provisions on magic and enchantments contained in the Nomocanon, in particular those that are included in the Razlog manuscript.

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