Middle Rhodopean Revival sphragistics: Inscriptions on personal seals from the village of Arda, Smolyan region Cover Image

Среднородопска възрожденска сфрагистика: Надписи на лични печати от с. Арда, Смолянско
Middle Rhodopean Revival sphragistics: Inscriptions on personal seals from the village of Arda, Smolyan region

Author(s): Georgi Mitrinov
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Social history, Lexis, Historical Linguistics, 19th Century, Philology
Published by: Институт за български език „Проф. Любомир Андрейчин“, Българска академия на науките
Keywords: sphragistics; Bulgarian Revival; history of the Bulgarian language; graphic features; symbolism; Middle Rhodopes
Summary/Abstract: The publication examines the use of personal seals during the Bulgarian National Revival in the Middle Rhodopes. The specificity in the graphic layout of the inscriptions on the stamps is shown. The spelling patterns of the anthroponyms are presented. The symbolism included in the inscriptions is described and characterized.