The First Komi-Permyak Manuscript Dictionaries and Grammar: an Archaeographic Description of Copies Cover Image

Первые рукописные коми-пермяцкие словари и грамматика: aрхеографическое описание списков
The First Komi-Permyak Manuscript Dictionaries and Grammar: an Archaeographic Description of Copies

Author(s): Roman Gaidamashko, Alexander Levichkin
Subject(s): Lexis, Finno-Ugrian studies
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Komi-Permyak language; manuscripts; grammar; dictionary in alphabetical order; thematic dictionary; palaeography; archaeography;

Summary/Abstract: The article provides an archaeographic analysis of three Komi-Permyak manuscripts of Antony Popov (1748—1788) Archpriest of the Peter and Paul Cathedral in Perm. The manuscripts — (1) Komi-Permyak-Russian dictionary, arranged alphabetically, (2) Komi-Permyak-Russian dictionary, arranged thematically, (3) a grammatical sketch of the Komi-Permyak language —, dated 1785, are currently known as the first special works on Komi-Permyak linguistics. We also analysed three copies of these manuscripts, authored by Friedrich von Adelung (1768—1843) and Andreas Johan Sjögren (1794—1855) — (1) a copy of the thematic dictionary, by Adelung, (2) a copy of the alphabetical dictionary, by Sjögren, (3) a copy of the thematic dictionary, by Sjögren). For each manuscript, there is a systematic description of the format, cover, numbering, handwriting, filigrees on paper, notebooks making up the manuscript, the content of the document, other (foreign) records. As a result of the research we established some characteristic features of handwriting, revealed the producers of paper, defined the ”white date” of the documents. Also we detected some new facts concerning the dating of the production of different kinds of paper. The present archaeographic review of the copies contributes to the study of the history of Komi-Permyak writing and will be useful in archaeographic, palaeographic and textual research on the material of Russian and Finno-Ugric written monuments of the 18th—19th centuries.

  • Issue Year: LVI/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 258-274
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Russian