THE CHILANDAR CONSTITUTION AND MONAH. ELECTRONIC SCRIPTS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF MEDIEVAL SERBIAN CYRILLIC DOCUMENTS Cover Image

ХИЛAНДAРСКИ УСТAВ И МОНАX. ЕЛЕКТРОНСКA ПИСМA ЗA ИЗДAВAЊЕ СРЕДЊЕВЕКОВНИХ СРПСКИХ ЋИРИЛСКИХ СПОМЕНИКA
THE CHILANDAR CONSTITUTION AND MONAH. ELECTRONIC SCRIPTS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF MEDIEVAL SERBIAN CYRILLIC DOCUMENTS

Author(s): Viktor Savić
Subject(s): Cultural history, Historical Linguistics, Serbian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Chilandar constitution; Monah; Medival Serbian cyrillic documents;

Summary/Abstract: In our environment, there are recognized needs for the electronic old Cyrillic script which would — as comprehensively as possible — transliterate old Serbian and old Slavic texts in general. Paleographic analysis included primarily the Serbian constitutional writing, but also the writing of the Old Slavic canon and other specific redactions. Two related writing systems were developed, the calligraphic one in bold set (The Chilandar Constitution) and the technical one in light set (Monah — Monk). The latter, “white Old Slavic Cyrillic", is the revival of Stojan Novakoviã's idea to create an Old Slavic script which would differ from the civil one only in its old forms, but not in width. In its final version, this electronic script contains 1920 single letters and characters, while there are 6397 of them together with the composite signs.

  • Issue Year: 55/2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 244-264
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Serbian