Неизвестен текст от сцената с ръкополагането на св. Никола в Боянската църква
Anunknown Text from the Scene of the Consecration of St Nicholas as Bishop in Boyana Church

Summary/Abstract: The restoration works on the church completed in 2009 allowed for discerning a number of new details. The scene representing the consecrating of St Nicholas as bishop is the last one in the second register on the north rib of the vault. an unrolled scroll with the text: Божь|ствьна|э блŤгодэ|ть иже в|сегDа (Divine is His grace, both now and ever) is represented on the high altar with the ordinand (St Nicholas) and the archbishop leading the ceremony on both sides. The text is the key phrase in the office of ordination. The earliest extant Slavonic text occurs in a russian prayer book of the fourteenth century, originating in St anthony’s monastery, Novgorod. a linguistic analysis shows traces of Glagolitic orthographic practice. The existence of a relatively early translation of this order of service is evidenced by the inscription in the scroll. Furthermore, it bears witness to the fact that the icon-painters have been familiar with the text of this spe- cific order of service, most probably through a high-ranking priest, who has supervised their work on behalf of the donor. This priest could be none other than the metropolitan of Serdica. He was the sole one to match the rank of the donor, Sebastocrator Kaloyan, a cousin of the King, the second in command in the Kingdom.

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