Old Novgorod and the spreading of Monoyeric Cyrillic systems in the Old Rus Cover Image

Древний Новгород и разпространение одноеровых кириллических систем в Древней Руси
Old Novgorod and the spreading of Monoyeric Cyrillic systems in the Old Rus

Author(s): Aneta Nikolova
Subject(s): History, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Middle Ages, Bulgarian Literature, Eastern Slavic Languages, 6th to 12th Centuries, Theory of Literature
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Old Bulgarian Cyrillic; Old Novgorod birch bark manuscripts; monoyeric orthography (use of yer’ only)

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is the Old Cyrillic writing system that used yer’ only (the so-called monoyeric Ь-system) as well as the specific, non-standard but constant orthographical rules (ъ>o, ь; е>ь). This system appears in birch bark manuscripts in Old Novgorod from the mid-12th to the late 14th century, it is developed from the Old Bulgarian monoyeric system and can be defined and described as another Old Cyrillic monoyeric scribe school.

  • Issue Year: 23/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 117-121
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian