New Evidence about the Lost Inscription of Prince Boris I – Michael of Bulgaria from Ballsh (Albania)
New Evidence about the Lost Inscription of Prince Boris I – Michael of Bulgaria from Ballsh (Albania)
Author(s): Albena Milanova, Angel Nikolov, Beloslava VachkovskaSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, History of Art
Published by: Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Camillo Praschniker’s archives; Christianization of the Bulgarians; medieval epigraphic
Summary/Abstract: The location of the Ballsh inscription – discovered by Austro-Hungarian troops in December 1917 and first introduced to the scholarly world by the archaeologist C. Praschniker in 1919 – remains unknown to this day. Over the years, various theories have emerged regarding its fate. In 2023 and 2024, the research project “On the Traces of Some Medieval Bulgarian Monuments in Today’s Albania”, funded by Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and led by Assoc. Prof. A. Milanova, set out as one of its objectives to investigate this historical enigma. The present paper outlines the project’s findings on the matter.
Journal: Изкуствоведски четения
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 139-158
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
