Коронацията на Симеон през 913 г.
Simeon's Coronation in 913

Summary/Abstract: In the article is again examined the question of the results of Simeon’s meeting with Nicholas Mysthicus at Hebdomon, using some new sources and attempting a new commentary on those used so far. Particularly important data come from the description of the brief ceremony of the .blessing. of an emperor crowned in advance from the anonymous manuscript Laurent VIII, 1/7, whereby a .confirmation. of the title was made. This abridged ceremonial corresponds to that described by the Byzantine chroniclers at Hebdomon in 813, including the use of the patriarchal epiriptarium. The last, in the light of the analysis made by the author, was the successor of the Biblical kidarium and was a legitimate means of performing the religious investiture of a ruler, in compliance with the tradition of the Old and the New Testament. The text of the prayer, mentioned by the chroniclers describing the ceremony of 913, is preserved in the manuscript quoted above, and is a valuable source about the nature of the title received by the Bulgarian ruler. On this basis it may be reconstructed as “Basileus and Archon of His People”. It was regarded as the authentic title of the Biblical King David, accepted as the ideal of the Christian rulers. Domestic and Byzantinewritten or archaeological sources categorically indicate that, like many other rulers, Simeon also styled himself before his contemporaries as .the New David.. This, and also the evidence of .Sermon about the Peace with the Bulgarians. permit the conclusion that the initial coronation of Simeon as “Basileus” had been performed in Bulgaria, perhaps in the old capital of Pliska. The ceremony at Hebdomon only confirmed the title, acquired in advance, of “Basileus and Archon of the Bulgarian People”.

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