Lexical variants and geography of medieval texts (about a 16th century Moldavian copy of the Pseudo-Zonaras Nomocanon) Cover Image

Лексикални разночетения и география на средновековните текстове (за един молдовски препис на Псевдозонариния номоканон от XVI век)
Lexical variants and geography of medieval texts (about a 16th century Moldavian copy of the Pseudo-Zonaras Nomocanon)

Author(s): Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova
Subject(s): History, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, History of Law, Theoretical Linguistics, History of ideas, Lexis, Pragmatics, Historical Linguistics, Bulgarian Literature, South Slavic Languages, Philology, Canon Law / Church Law
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Moldavian copies of the Pseudo-Zonaras Nomocanon; Middle Bulgarian literary legacy
Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the practically unknown copy of the so-called Pseudo-Zonaras Nomocanon kept in the Library of the Saint Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Bucharest under signature BSS Ms.sl.II 267. The historical context of its emergence and the metadata of the manuscript are studied in comparison with the traditions of this nomocanon in Wallachia and Moldavia after the 14th century, when the Bulgarian translation appeared. Separate Greek words and lexical variations are commented on, such as факеол-венец-савон; посадница, палакида, кавка, накато, some of them with a status of occasional readings for this special Moldavian copy. The author highlights the role of the 16th century Moldavian literature for the preservation of the Middle Bulgarian written heritage.