Славянският превод на Посланието на патриарх Фотий до княз Борис
The Slavonic Translation of Patriarch Photios’ Letter to the Bulgarian Knyaz Boris-Michael (Archeography)

Summary/Abstract: The article explores the manuscript tradition of the Slavonic translation of Patriarch Photios’ letter to the Bulgarian knyaz (prince) Boris-Michael. The translation has been preserved only in Russian copies dating from the beginning of the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The study reveals archeographical data on 15 copies of the Letter – both in complete (Russian State Library, Moscow, f. 178 № 3112, f. 113 № 522, f. 113 № 488, f. 113 № 489, f. 113 № 506, f. 310 № 588; State Historical Museum, Moscow, Sin № 235/384; Sin № 996) and abridged (Russian State Library, St. Petersburg, f. 113 № 522; f. 209 № 572; State Historical Museum, Khludov collection № 333; Russian National Library, collection of Theological Academy № 52) versions; 4 of them are introduced for the first time in scholarly circulation. Also, the author comments on the texts surrounding the Letter as well as the interest in it on behalf of the heretics in Novgorod and Moscow during the 15th century. The assumption about the Bulgarian archetype of the Slavonic translation of the Letter is built upon the linguistic and spelling features.

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