Information on the Creation of the Slavic Alphabet in the Bulgarian Short Chronicles of the 15th 16th Centuries Cover Image
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Сведения за създаването на славянската азбука в българските кратки хроники от XV–XVI в.
Information on the Creation of the Slavic Alphabet in the Bulgarian Short Chronicles of the 15th 16th Centuries

Author(s): Denitsa Petrova
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Middle Ages, Bulgarian Literature, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Bulgarian Short Chronicles; Creation of the Slavic Alphabet; St Cyril; Medieval Bulgarian Literature; Medieval Serbian Literature

Summary/Abstract: The Creation of the Slavic Alphabet, dated to 6360 = 852, is among the significant events in Bulgarian Short Chronicles. Sources of this act are texts from the Golden Age of Bulgarian Literature. In the Belopol and Sarandapor Chronicles beginning with The Creation, as in most Serbian texts, it is associated with the reign of the Byzantine emperor Michael III and his mother Irina,. In the Hilendar and Gabarevo chronicles, the beginning of the story is precisely a note about the work of St Cyril. This information does not agree with the Serbian Chronicles, but a similar text appears in several later texts. In Bulgarian Literature, the information about The Creation of the Alphabet can be found until the middle of the 18th century as an evidence of the important role that the event has in historical memory. Nowadays the scholars have more information that allows the notes to be analyzed in a broader literary and historical context.

  • Issue Year: 2025
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 147-154
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian
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