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  • The Journal of Interdisciplinary Mediaeval Studies
  • Editorial Board: David J. Birnbaum (USA), Ralph Cleminson (United Kingdom), Margaret Dimitrova (Bulgaria), Sergej Ivanov (Russian Federation), Jürgen Fuchsbauer (Austria), Sebastian Kempgen (Germany), Anissava Miltenova (Bulgaria), Elissaveta Moussakova (Bulgaria), Lara Sels (Belgium), Hristo H. Todorov (Bulgaria), Mariya Yovcheva (Bulgaria), Dilyana Radoslavova (Bulgaria), Ivan P. Petrov (Bulgaria)
  • ISSN 1312-238X ISSN 2603-3364 (e-publication)
  • “Boyan Penev” Publishing Center
    Institute of Literature, BAS
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Digital Edition of Pop Punčov Sbornik: Project Note

Дигитално издание на Поп Пунов сборник: бележки по проекта.....

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pp. 27 - 61 (Total pages: 35)

Statistical significance of the components of lexical synonymous series in ancient Bulgarian written manuscripts: search for a method

Cтатистическая значимость компонентов лексических синонимических рядов в древнеболгарских письменных памятниках: поиск метода

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  • Summary/Abstract

    The results of statistical experiments to find the characteristics of words that are traditionally considered as the Ohrid-Moravian and Preslav components of synonymous series – иерѣи ‘priest’ – жьрьць ‘priest, cleric’ – свѧщеньникъ ‘priest, clergyman’, колѣ- но ‘knee’, ‘kindred’ – племѧ ‘tribe, genus’, коньчина ‘demise, end’ – коньць ‘end’, кънигы ‘books’ – писаниѥ ‘scripture’, любодѣица ‘adulteress, fornicator’ – блѫдьница ‘harlot’ are presented. The use of information about the relative number of words in a subcorpus, about significant deviations from the average values, and the calculation of statistical characteristics of lexemes in each of the subcorpora made it possible, in particular, to detect opposed and non-opposed components of synonymous series. The methods used to identify the statistical characteristics of words have shown that the degree of opposition of synonyms can be different – statistically significant or statistically insignificant. On this basis, it is concluded that it is necessary to move away from the unconditional attribution of the components of the synonymic series to the Ohrid-Moravian and Preslav vocabulary: the relations between the components of each synonymic series are individual and can range from statistically opposed in the texts of different schools to


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pp. 63 - 64 (Total pages: 1)

International Scientific Forum Transfer and Adaptation Languages and Cultures in Dialogue

Introductory Note

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  • Summary/Abstract

    The papers in the sections Scripta and Debuts were presented at the international conference “Transfer and Adaptation: languages and Cultures in Dialogue (the Balkans from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Times)”, held from 24-26 January 2024 in the Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’. Participants were from Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic and Romania. The conference was organised at the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology, Bulgarian Academy of Scienc- es within the reintegration program of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The financial support of the Bulgarian National Scientific Fund (contract Nr. ФНИ КП-06-МНФ/21 of 08.08.2023) was provided following the Memorandum of August 2020 between the Foundation and the Fund. No financial means received through the framework of this contract were planned or used for the publication of the articles in the present journal issue.


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pp. 65 - 85 (Total pages: 21)

“Alphabet Wars” in the Balkans

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pp. 87 - 119 (Total pages: 33)

On the Reception of the Dionysian Corpus in Early Slavic Literature

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pp. 121 - 160 (Total pages: 40)

Fragmente des Severus von Antiochia und Gregor von Nyssa im Učitelʼnoe evangelie des Konstantin von Preslav im Kontext der Matthäus- und Lukas-Katenen

Fragments of Severus of Antioch and Gregory of Nyssa in the Didactic Gospel of Constantine of Preslav with Reference to the Catenae of Matthew and Luke

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pp. 161 - 178 (Total pages: 18)

Variability and Terminologisation of Translation Equivalents in Constantine of Preslav’s Didactic Gospel

Вариативность и терминологизация переводческих соответствий в Учительном Евангелии Константина Преславского

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  • Summary/Abstract

    The article analyses the translation correlates of ἀρετη, πολιτεία and φιλοσοφία in Constantine of Preslav’s Didactic Gospel. Their contextual meanings are systemised together with their Old Bulgarian transponents. Other Greek words that are translated by the same slavic transponents are analysed and the data are compared to the information in the major palaeoslavic dictionaries. The observations reveal that φιλοσοφία and ἀρετη are rendered by a wide range of lexemes whose array rivals that in far more voluminous Old Bulgarian corpora. It can be shown that the choice of synonyms for the three polysemous Greek nouns is not arbitrary but consistent with the meaning in a specific context. It appears that there is a tendency towards rendering each meaning of a Greek word by one particular Slavic word, i.e. a tendency to transform semantic differentiation in the source language into lexical differentiation in the target language. There is also a rather clearly noticeable semantic differentiation between the synonymous lexemes житиѥ and жиꙁнь and it is motivated not by the translated Greek words but by their contextual meanings, in which житиѥ refers more often to the earthly life whereas жиꙁнь means the eternal life.


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pp. 179 - 189 (Total pages: 11)

The Greek Modality Adverb ἴσως in the First Old Church Slavonic Translation of Gregory of Nazianzus’ Homily 38

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  • Summary/Abstract

    This paper provides novel, relevant data to study the translation technique of the First Old Church Slavonic Version of Gregory of Nazianzus’ Homily 38 “On the Theophany” (Εἰς τὰ Θεοφάνια, CPG 3010.38; BHG, 1921-1921b; PG 36, 312A-333A). This work was rendered from Greek into Old Church Slavonic by an anonymous Bulgarian translator, presumably between the late 9th and the early 10th century. The text is transmitted by two testimonies, one of East Slavic (St Petersburg, Russian National Library, Q.п.I.16, late 11th century), the other of South Slavic origin (Sofia, SS Cyril and Methodius National Library, № 674, mid-14th century). The translation’s archaic morphological and lexical features reveal a marked analogy with the language of the Old Bulgarian Ecclesiastical Writer, Constantine, Bishop of Preslav. By investigating hitherto unexplored aspects of the translation technique the author offers further compelling evidence of a connection between Homily 38 and Constantine’s Didactic Gospel. The focus is on a very peculiar rendering of the Greek modality adverb ἴσως (“possibly, perhaps”), which is translated by means of the verb “мьнѣти” (“to mean”, “to think”, “to assume”, “to consider”), conjugated in the first-person singular present indicative.


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pp. 191 - 211 (Total pages: 21)

Emphase in altkirchenslavischen Konstruktionen mit l-Partizip

Emphasis in Old Church Slavonic constructions with l-participle

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pp. 213 - 229 (Total pages: 17)

The Greek Optative in Constantine of Preslav’s Didactic Gospel*

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pp. 231 - 247 (Total pages: 17)

Newly Converted Bulgaria Meets the Heresies on the Verge of the 10th Century

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pp. 249 - 258 (Total pages: 10)

One Peculiar ‘Topos’ in the Historical-Apocalyptic Literature

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  • Summary/Abstract

    The creation of a text in the Middle Ages was a process of superimposition of persistent patterns and ‘topos’ formulas that had acquired universal meaning. It is very difficult to point out a historical-apocalyptic text that consistently conveys the Greek original, without exception all translated works have the intervention of the Slavic scribe who amends, adds or abridges the text. This is a natural process, especially for this type of literature, which has no liturgical purpose, it is outside of following the canon and the liturgical statute. The main reason for the compilation nature of historical- apocalyptic literature is the desire to express and highlight the current local (in most cases – Bulgarian) point of view on the events that took place, to adapt the images of historical figures to the current reality.


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pp. 259 - 277 (Total pages: 19)

Noe–sis and Die–ge–sis: the Theory of Asystata and the Narrative in Ancient Rhetorical Treatises

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  • Summary/Abstract

    This study delves into the common attributes of criteria used to pinpoint invalidity in theses and implausibility in narratives within ancient rhetoric. To achieve this, a comparative analysis is undertaken between the various types of invalid or insoluble issues (asystata) outlined in the “stasis” theory and the theory of coherent narrative as presented in the four key treatises on rhetorical exercises (progymnasmata). These two conceptual frameworks, developed in tandem throughout post-classical Antiquity, are built upon the firm foundation of Aristotle’s logic and find practical application in contexts such as persuasive communication, historical narration, and literary fiction. The study’s findings highlight the shared terminological framework and educational objectives of both theories, fostering critical thinking and enhancing communicative proficiency among students of rhetoric. The article concludes with a comparative table juxtaposing the criteria for inconsistency and incoherence, viewed as breaches of the Principles of Identity, Non-Contradiction, and Sufficient Reason, providing a practical tool for analyzing and improving narratives.


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pp. 279 - 288 (Total pages: 10)

New Greek Fragments in the Collection of the Center for Slavo-Byzantine Studies “Prof. Iv. Duichev”

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pp. 289 - 300 (Total pages: 12)

The Trojan War in Bulgarian Medieval Literature

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pp. 301 - 316 (Total pages: 16)

Emprunts slaves en roumain dans le domaine du vocabulaire des émotions

Славянски заемки в румънски език в семантичното поле на емоциите

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pp. 317 - 341 (Total pages: 25)

Language and Languages in the Epigrams of Palladas of Alexandria

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  • Summary/Abstract

    The poet Palladas of Alexandria is one of the most curious figures of Late Antique literature. In his ca. 160 epigrams preserved as a part of the Greek Anthology and dating from 4th c. AD, he assumes the poetic persona of a poor schoolmaster equally distanced from the crowds of Christian monks flooding the streets of his home city and from the teachings of his contemporary pagan philosophers. It seems probable that he might have been indeed a italicized by trade, since many of his poems abound in linguistic puns, word plays (successful or less so), and parodies of the great poets from the literary canon, especially Homer, as well as of their commentators, the famed Alexandrian grammarians, Palladas’ colleagues. In several of his works, he even goes beyond the realm of the Greek language in order to make jokes about Latin loanwords used by his fellow citizens. The present paper will examine the attitude of the poet towards language reflected by such linguistic puns and jokes in his works.


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pp. 343 - 364 (Total pages: 22)

Staico’s Grammar: a 17th-century Romanian Translation of a Grammatical Treatise in a Bilingual Manuscript

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  • Summary/Abstract

    This paper is dedicated to a bilingual manuscript from the 1660s, conserved at the Library of the Romanian Academy as ms. rom. 312, which contains, between folios 217v and 254r, a copy of Meletius Smotrytsky’s Slavonic Grammar and its Romanian translation by Staico the Grammarian (who taught Slavonic in Târgoviște). The Romanian text, titled Tâlcuirea sau arătarea gramaticii slovenești („The Interpretation or the Expression of the Slavonic Grammar”), is on the pages opposite to the Slavonic text. The aim of this paper is to provide a preliminary comparison between this grammatical text and the first grammars of the Romanian language from the 18th century, namely the one penned by Dimitrie Eustatievici Brașoveanul in a manuscript from 1757 and the one published by Ianake Văcărescu in 1787. By comparing them, it is possible to illustrate the different mechanisms used to render the corresponding terminology for parts of speech and nominal cases, ranging from direct translations and calques to neologisms.


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pp. 365 - 383 (Total pages: 19)

Some Preliminary Remarks on the Slavonic reception of the De cibis ad Chilonam, CPG 1814, Methodius of Olympus

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  • Summary/Abstract

    This article focuses on the Slavonic reception of Methodius of Olympus, a Greek patristic author who flourished in the second half of the third and the beginning of the fourth centuries. Most of his writings have not survived in their Greek original; however, most of them have been preserved in a full Slavonic translation. Most probably, this translation was produced in the First Bulgarian Kingdom at some point between the end of the ninth and the eleventh centuries. The present article focuses exclusively on one of the writings of Methodius of Olympus, viz. the exegetical letter De cibis ad Chilonam (CPG 1814), presenting – for the first time in a systematic manner – some preliminary observations on the question of transmission of this text in the Slavonic manuscript tradition. Furthermore, it explores how the study of the Slavonic hermeneutical terminology in this text can shed more light on the biblical patristic exegesis of Methodius of Olympus, in general.


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To the question of etymologies of the noun х³дужник in the Bulgarian language

К вопросу об этимологии имени существительного х³дужник в болгарском языке

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pp. 397 - 406 (Total pages: 10)

Principia ex scientia superiore: Elka Bakalova at 85

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    In academic circles, Prof. Dr. Habil. Elka Bakalova, Corresponding Member of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, is widely known as an art historian and cultural anthropologist, long-time academic lecturer and expert in the field of preservation of cultural monuments. Her 85th birthday, celebrated at the end of 2023, is a good occasion to show her once again the deep respect that her rich scientific and public activity deserves at all times and without special pretext. In today’s Bulgaria, charismatic great academic intellectuals are so rare that we can only be happy and grateful as long as they are among us, because they are bearers of already disappearing moral values and scholarly talents and skills, being the last of the Mohicans of the humanities.

    Keywords: Elka Bakalova

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In memoriam Heinz Miklas (1948–2023)

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pp. 410 - 412 (Total pages: 3)

In memoriam Yavor Miltenov (1978–2023)

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    I first knew Yavor and his work when he was studying Bulgarian philology at the St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia (1996-2001). He was an alumnus of the National High School of Ancient Languages and Cultures, from which he had graduated with a thesis on The History of Mount Athos by Stefan the Hagiorite and it came naturally to him to specialize further in the field of Old Slavonic letters. His MA thesis Apocalypsis Johannis Apocrypha: Survey, Critical edition and Word Index (published in 20011) was distinguished by the depth of the analysis and by the accomplished methodology mastered by a very talented and a very promising specialist in the history of medieval Slavonic texts. It was to this area – medieval text history – that Yavor Miltenov would return to constantly over the years, creating a legacy.


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pp. 413 - 417 (Total pages: 5)

In memoriam Петя Янева (1957–2024)

In memoriam Petya Yaneva (1957–2024)

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  • Summary/Abstract

    On August 6, 2024, we lost a notable specialist in the field of Byzantine studies and Paleo-Slavic studies Petya Yaneva, DSc, professor at the Department of Classical Philology at the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. For more than 10 years, she was a member of the editorial board of the Scripta & e-Scripta annual and contributed immensely to the high professional level of the publication. She especially supported the participation of young specialists with publications and their growth in the field of translated medieval literature.


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pp. 419 - 422 (Total pages: 419-422)

Reimagining Apocalypticism: Apocalyptic Literature in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Writing

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Submitted on 10/03/2024 - 15:32

pp. 423 - 426 (Total pages: 4)

А. Д. Паскаль. Каталог славянских рукописных книг молдавского и валашского происхождения в фондах отдела рукописей РГБ. Вып.1, Собрание П. А. Овчинникова.

[A. D. Pascal. Catalogue of Slavonic Manuscripts of Moldavian and Wallachian Origin in the Collections of Manuscript Department of the Russian State Library, issue 1, Collection of P. A. Ovčinnikov

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  • Summary/Abstract

    А. Д. Паскаль. Каталог славянских рукописных книг молдавского и валашского происхождения в фондах отдела рукописей РГБ. Вып.1, Собрание П. А. Овчинникова. Российская Государственная Библиотека, Центр по исследованию проблем развития библиотек в информационном обществе, Пашков дом, Москва, 2024, 395 стр. [A. D. Pascal. Catalogue of Slavonic Manuscripts of Moldavian and Wallachian Origin in the Collections of Manuscript Department of the Russian State Library, issue 1, Collection of P. A. Ovčinnikov. Russian State Library, Centre for Study of Library Development Problems in the Information Society, Pashkov Dom, Moscow, 2024, 395 p., ISBN 978–5–7510–0884–0.]

    Keywords: Book review

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pp. 427 - 441 (Total pages: 14)

Enigma in Rus and Medieval Slavic Cultures

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pp. 442 - 446 (Total pages: 5)

[Constantine of Preslav’s Didactic Gospel and the South Slavonic Homiletic Texts (9th–13th Century). Philological and Interdisciplinary Aspects

Учителното евангелие на Константин Преславски и южнославян­ ските преводи на хомилетични текстове (IX–XIII в.): филологически и интердисциплинарни ракурси.

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  • Summary/Abstract

    Учителното евангелие на Константин Преславски и южнославянските преводи на хомилетични текстове (IX–XIII в.): филологически и интердисциплинарни ракурси. Под редакцията на Лора Тасева, Ахим Рабус и Иван П. Петров. София: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология, БАН, 2024 (Studia Balcanica 37)

    [Constantine of Preslav’s Didactic Gospel and the South Slavonic Homiletic Texts (9th–13th Century): Philological and Interdisciplinary Aspects. Ed. by Lora Taseva, Achim Rabus, and Ivan Petrov. Sofia: Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Thracology

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