Писмото на чипровчани от 1658 г. до папата
The letter of 1658 by chiprovtsi citizens to the pope:

An analysis and facsimile edition

Author(s): Liliya Ilieva, Margaret Dimitrova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: Bulgarian catholics; seventeenth century; school; bosanchica; Illyrian language
Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses – on the basis of the surviving documents – the context in which in September of 1658, citizens of Chiprovtsi sent a letter to the pope asking him to secure the salary for the teacher in their catholic school Ivan Lilov/Lilich. A facsimile edition of the document written in Venetian Cyrillic in Illyrian is provided, accompanied by a translation into present-day standard Bulgarian.

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