Composita as Marks of Holiness in the Sixteenth‑Century Eulogy for the Sofia Martyrs Cover Image

Композитите като маркери за святост в „Похвална беседа за софийските мъченици“ от XVI в.
Composita as Marks of Holiness in the Sixteenth‑Century Eulogy for the Sofia Martyrs

Author(s): Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Modern Age, Theology and Religion, Semantics, 16th Century, Biblical studies, History of Religion
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: holiness; new martyrs; sixteenth-century Bulgarian literature;

Summary/Abstract: The Eulogy is an original Bulgarian work of an as of yet unidentified man of letters connected to the sixteenth-century Sofia Literary School. It is preserved in only one copy from the collection of Slavonic manuscripts of the Institute of Church History and Archives in Sofia. The work is dedicated to the martyrdom of three martyrs against Islam: George the New Martyr of Sofia, George the Newest Martyr of Sofia and Nicolas of Sofia. The article aims at analysing the whole inventory of composite words, their structural features and semantic profile, used to express the basic concepts of the Biblical paradigm, as well as holiness and martyrdom.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 369-383
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian