THE INSCRIPTION "KLIMENT POPE OF ROME" FROM THE MONASTERY OF RAVNA PROVADIYSKO Cover Image

НАДПИСЪТ „КЛИМЕНТ ПАПА РИМСКИ” ОТ МАНАСТИРА ПРИ РАВНА, ПРОВАДИЙСКО. (За книжовния прототип на надписа)
THE INSCRIPTION "KLIMENT POPE OF ROME" FROM THE MONASTERY OF RAVNA PROVADIYSKO

For the Literary Prototype of the Inscription

Author(s): Pavel Georgiev
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, Philology
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: MONASTERY OF RAVNA PROVADIYSKO; INSCRIPTION

Summary/Abstract: The author analyzed the inscription, also with other texts and drawings on the same stone of the church in terms of the possibility they are lapidary reflection of Greek-speaking literary work. In this regard, a review of historical and literary evidence of the spread of reverence to the famous Pope-martyr by the end of the first century AD in Western, Byzantine and Slavonic texts. The inscription comes from one of the centers of literary and educational activities in Bulgaria after 897/8. In view of that fact the available circumstantial arguments Greek-speaking recording the name of the pope martyr is lapidary replica of anthem of Konstantin Philosopher (Cyril) dedicated to open it in Kherson relics of the saint. According to Anastasius the Librarian, it was popular in Greek schools early 70-s of 9th century. There are Slavonic text entry with the name "Climent bishop Slovenian" and traces of literary decoration typical of the early Glagolitic codes, underneath the Greek-speaking. It gave the reason of the author to search literary prototype of the time direct the followers of Cyril and Methodius in Bulgaria - Clement (from Ohrid), Naum or Constantine (from Preslav) into the unbound, cohesive whole images and texts and developed by their scholars academic and literary activities in Old Bulgarian monastery.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 225-241
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bulgarian