The Meaning of a Word and the Text of Novgorod Birch Bark Document № 199 Cover Image
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Значение одного слова и текст новгородской грамоты на бересте № 199
The Meaning of a Word and the Text of Novgorod Birch Bark Document № 199

Author(s): Albena Stamenova
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките

Summary/Abstract: The Novgorod birch bark document № 199 is among the most famous ones. Its author, a boy called Onfim, sends his greetings to someone called Danila. Next to the text, the boy drew a picture depicting a beast and accompanied it with an inscription. The article suggests a new reading of this inscription that offers the possibility to see the image and all the texts in this document as an integrated semantic unit.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 34-45
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian