Semantics of the Book’s Macro-Compositional Level? A Visualisation Method of Analysis

Author(s): Dilyana Radoslavova / Language(s): English Issue: 14-15/2015

The publication opens for discussion an approach to macrostructural analysis of certain calendar miscellanies with selected readings which belong to the Medieval Balkan tradition. The author proposes that the selection of feasts and saints’ commemorations, as well as the order of the corresponding texts might be interpreted as determined by certain overall theme(s) / thematic fields and could be „read“ on the level of the book’s content. This approach was encouraged by the outcomes of a study on the calendar-thematic composition of Damaskenos Studites’s Thesauros and its transformations in Bulgarian literary tradition in the 16th-18th century. Aiming at a search for similar preceding models, the survey makes comparison on macro-compositional level between some panegyrica, such as Mihanović Homiliar and Jagić Zlatoust of the late 13th – early 14th century, the 1358/59 Miscellany of German, and the 16th-century Panegyricon No. 85 from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. In addition, the study explores the relevancy of a method for visualisation, which can be supportive of a thematic analysis.

СОФИЙСКИТЕ ТАБИИ И РЕДУТИ: ПОЯВА И ДНЕШНО СЪСТОЯНИЕ

Author(s): Lyubomir Tsonev,Ivan Ivanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 22/2023

The article comments the fortifications around the city of Sofia, built in the 19th century by the Ottoman and later by the Bulgarian administration after the Liberation. The historical reasons, the location and the shape of the fortifications are described. Their current state has been inspected. The possibility of being exhibited as historical heritage objects of the city of Sofia has been carried out.

PRIKAZI

Author(s): Madžida Mašić,Amer Maslo,Edin Omerčić,Dino Mujadžević,Amir Džinić,Emina Mostić,Aladin Husić,Muamer Hodžić,Ekrem Čaušević,Esad Duraković / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 72/2023

Review of: Mahmud Derviš, SABRANA DJELA, POEZIJA, I-IV, prijevod s arapskog: Džemo Redžematović, Horizonti – centar za međukulturno razumijevanje, Podgorica 2022, 510+478+400+278 str. Olga Vladimirovna Sarıgöz, Praktičeskaja grammatika sovremennogo tureckogo jazyka (v dialogah i tablično-shematičeskih objasnenijah) // Praktična gramatika suvremenoga turskog jezika (u dijalozima i tabličnim objašnjenima//, URSS, Moskva, LENAND 2022, treće prerađeno izdanje, 426 str. Amina Šiljak-Jesenković, RE/KONSTRUKCIJA PRIČE O LJ/ljUBAVI: FABULE I IZBOR STIHOVA IZ MESNEVIJA U PRIJEVODU NA BOSANSKI JEZIK, Univerzitet u Sarajevu – Orijentalni institut, Posebna izdanja LXVIII, Sarajevo, 2023, 570 str. Emrah Seljaci, POEZIJA FEVZIJA MOSTARCA NA OSMANSKOM TURSKOM JEZIKU, Fondacija “Baština duhovnosti”, Mostar, 1444/2023, 105 str. Aladin Husić, DEVŠIRMA U BOSNI (O REGRUTACIJI BOSANACA U JANJIČARE), Posebna izdanja LXIX, Univerzitet u Sarajevu – Orijentalni institut, Sarajevo, 2023, 164 str. Elma Korić, OBLIKOVANJE GRANICA BOSNE: BOSNA U AHDNAMAMA I HUDUDNAMAMA IZ 16. I 17. STOLJEĆA, Univerzitet u Sarajevu – Orijentalni institut, Posebna izdanja LXVII, Sarajevo, 2022, 174 str. Faruk Taslidža, IZMEĐU RATOVA – NA GRANICI SVJETOVA: DRUŠTVENO-PRIVREDNI ODNOSI HERCEGOVAČKOG SANDŽAKA U PRVOJ POLOVINI XVII STOLJEĆA (1606–1645), BZK Preporod, Mostar, 2022, 233 str. Hana Younis, A QADI IN THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE: THE STAFF AND WORK OF THE SHARIA COURTS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1878–1914, Univerzitet u Sarajevu – Institut za historiju, Sarajevo, 2023, 430 str. Dijana Pinjuh, Anđelko Vlašić, TRAGOM EVLIJE ČELEBIJA KROZ HERCEGOVAČKI SANDŽAK, Srednja Europa, Zagreb 2023, 290 str. ULOGA I ZNAČAJ GAZI HUSREV-BEGA U HISTORIJI BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE: Zbornik radova sa naučnog skupa “Uloga i značaj Gazi Husrev-bega u historiji Bosne i Hercegovine”, Sarajevo, 22. septembar 2021. godine, Gazi Husrev-begova biblioteka u Sarajevu, Univerzitet u Sarajevu – Orijentalni institut, Univerzitet u Sarajevu – Institut za historiju, Historijski arhiv Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 2022, 305 str. ZAMIŠLJANJE ŽENE: O IDEOLOŠKIM I KULTURNIM KONCEPTIMA ŽENSKOG RODA U POVIJESTI BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE, ur. Sabina Veladžić, Aida Ličina Ramić, Fondacija Heinrich Böll, Sarajevo, 2023. Dženita Karić, BOSNIAN HAJJ LITERATURE: MULTIPLE PATHS TO THE HOLY, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2023, 256 str. Katalog arapskih, turskih, perzijskih i bosanskih rukopisa, Svezak treći. Obradio Hamza Lavić. Historijski arhiv Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 2022, 370 str.

DWA RĘKOPIŚMIENNE KORANY W ZBIORACH BIBLIOTEKI KÓRNICKIEJ

Author(s): Filip Andrzej Jakubowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 37/2020

There are two Qur’an manuscripts in the collection of the Kórnik Library (Poland) – BK 1716 and BK 2676. Th e fi rst one, dating from the 17th century, is rich in diff erent types of scribal errors and serves as an interesting example of ways of amending them. Th e second one, dating from the 15th century, includes interesting illuminations and calligraphy. Th is paper is a detailed analysis of these manuscripts, including their covers, decorations and scribal errors.

Международна научна конференция „Четивото за миряни в южнославянския репертоар ХІV–ХVІІІ век“

Author(s): Irina Kuzidova-Karadzhinova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 47/2023

Надя Данова. Как е живяна и как е мислена детската възраст от българите (XVII–XIX в.)

Author(s): Maria P. Valyavicharska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 47/2023

Notes Bibliographiques

Author(s): Vladimir Sadek,Jiřina Šedinová,Anita Franková,Alexandr Putík / Language(s): English,French,German Issue: 1+2/1991

Review of: Milada Vilímková: Le ghetto de Prague. Prague, Artia 1990, 231 pages; Josef Krása, České iluminované rukopisy 13./16. století (Böhumische illuminierte Handschriften des 13./16. Jahrhunderts) - Praha, Odeon, 1990, 456 Seiten; Milan Kuna, Hudba na hranici života (Musik an der Grenze des Lebens) Praha, Naše vojsko, 199; Martin Buber, Chasídská vyprávění (Récits hassidiques) Traduit de l’allemand par Alena Bláhová, Prague 1990, éditions Kalich, 575 page; Vladimir Lipscher: Zwischen Kaiser, Fiskus, Adel, Zünften: Die Juden im Habsburgerreich des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts am Beispiel Böhmens und Mährens. Abhandlung zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Philosophischen Fakultät I der Universität Zürich. Zürich, Zentralstelle der Studentenschaft, 1983, 298 Seite; The Feast and the Fast. The dramatic personal story of the Tosfos Yom Tov Zt”L. Prepared by Rabbi C.U. Lipschitz and Dr. Neil Rosenstein, New York — Jerusalem 1984, 75 pp., 41 genealogical charts; Kieval, Hillel J.: The Making of Czech Jewry. National Conflict and Jewish Society in Bohemia 1870—1918. New York — Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1988, 279 pp. The Kaufmann Haggadah. A 14th Century Hebrew Manuscript from the Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Budapest, Kultura International, 1990. (Facsimile, 60 folios; introductory study by Gabrielle Sed-Rajna, 23 pp.)

Новооткрити османотурски документи за рударството в българските земи през XV–XVII век

Author(s): Stefan Dimitrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

This research presents new insights into the development of mining in Bulgarian territories during the 15th to 17th centuries, drawing from previously unpublished Ottoman Turkish documents. These documents, sourced from the Ottoman Archives at the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey in Istanbul, offer valuable information on various aspects of mining activity. The author highlights a significant contribution to scholarly understanding by introducing, for the first time, details about the presence of kürecis (individuals responsible for melting ore in furnaces) in Bulgarian lands during the late 15th century. Additionally, the study sheds light on the religious affiliations and demographic shifts among kürecis over time, providing a unique perspective on this aspect of mining history. Furthermore, the research uncovers new data regarding the involvement of Voynuks in security functions within the mines, as well as the participation of Müselems and Yürüks in the ore remelting process. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the roles and dynamics within the mining industry during the specified period.

За децата с любов и разбиране

Author(s): Yura Konstantinova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2024

RUĐANSKA TURBETA

Author(s): Ismet Bušatlić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 44/2023

In the municipality of Rudo, eleven mausoleums of various dimensions and shapes have been erected thus far. In Staro Rudo there are two mausoleums, and one each in Sokolovići, Donja Strmica, Bresnica, Obrvena, Barakovci (Strgačina), Prebidoli, Sjeverin, Ustibar, and Mioče. Nine of them were erected for males, and two of them were made for maidens. Four have been preserved to this day, two have been restored, and one newly erected. After the aggression against Bosnia and Herzegovina, the reconstruction of mosques began, also followed by the reconstruction of mausoleums. Among the reconstructed mausoleums, we should mention those in Staro Rudo and Mioče, as well as the construction of a new one erected in honour of civilian victims of war. Hopefully, this activity will be continued and other destroyed mausoleums in Rudo will be reconstructed. Furthermore, the service of a turbedar (mausoleum keeper) is documented in three mausoleums.

The Empire and Its Subjects: A Look at Ottoman Court Inheritance Inventories in the 17th and 18th Centuries

Author(s): Dzheni Ivanova / Language(s): English Issue: 1-2/2024

Земята ще потъне и небесата ще се раздерат: апокалиптични пророчества, свързани с отпадането на Рим от православната вяра (според „Сказание как Рим отпадна от православната гръцка вяра“)

Author(s): Kristiyan Kovachev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2024

The article examines the polemical anti-Latin writings “The Tale of how Rome fell away from the Orthodox Greek faith” (according to manuscript TSIAI 1161) and “Word of how Rome fell” (according to manuscript SANU 147) in the context of the theme of apocalyptic prophecies and the expectation of severe, but God’s just punishment for sins committed. A study of these short but message-laden late medieval texts reveals not only the perception of the conflict between East and West among ordinary people, but also the fear of catastrophic consequences for the world as a result of the violation of church tradition. The change of custom also implies an intervention in the plan of the Creator and changes in the physically visible and spiritual world.

За съдбата на немюсюлманското население от Централния дял на Дунавската равнина и Предбалкана по време на Дългата война (1593–1606)

Author(s): Krastyo Yordanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2024

This article aims to elucidate the demographic consequences of the military campaigns led by the Wallachian voivode Mihai Viteazul south of the Danube River, as well as the possible events that took place during the First Tarnovo Uprising of 1598. The main sources used for comparison are the timar register of the Nikopol sanjak from 1579 and the two cizye registers from 1599–1602, which detail the non-Muslim taxpayers in the Nikopol and Tarnovo vilayets. The research method involves comparing data from different years across two or more registers, a preferred approach in previous ethno-demographic studies. This comparison allows for the calculation of population numbers and changes over time. The records clearly indicate significant demographic shocks in the regions of Oryahovo, Nikopol, and Pleven, with many villages and towns that flourished in 1579 becoming severely depopulated. The author attributes these changes to the devastation and population displacement caused by Mihai Viteazul’s 1598 campaign. According to the cizye register of the Tarnovo vilayet, drawn up shortly after the events of 1598, the total number of non-Muslim households in the Tarnovo region slightly increased in 1599–1600 compared to the 1579 timar register. This finding supports the notion that the First Tarnovo Uprising was not widespread and did not cause significant demographic upheavals, which would be expected in the case of a major uprising and subsequent Ottoman reprisals.

Българското средновековие в италиански исторически произведения от Ренесанса и Барока

Author(s): Snezhana Rakova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2024

Book review: Penka Danova. Bulgaria and the Bulgarians in Italian historiography (XIV–XVII centuries). Sofia: Institute for Historical Studies, 2023

STRUKTURA ARKITEKTURORE E SANXHAKUT TË NISHIT GJATË PERIUDHËS OSMANE

Author(s): Mead Osmani / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 03-04/2021

The Ottoman Empire administered Nis and its surroundings for a very long period, more precisely from 1389 to 1878. Based on Ottoman archival sources, published works, and field studies, many cultural and social monuments of that period come to light. The number of waqf monuments that were built and registered in Serbia, Montenegro, and Sandzak (Novi Pazar) (New Yugoslavia) during the Ottoman period is 1,140. While the number of monuments that have managed to survive until today it is only 30. In Nis alone, it is mentioned that a total of 23 mosques, 2 madrasas, 4 schools, 7 tekkes, 2 public canteens (imaret), an inn, 2 hamams, 3 fountains, a castle, and a bridge have been destroyed. Therefore, the figures given in the paper do not necessarily mean to extract all the monuments of that period, because there are still many documents in different archives that researchers are expected to use in the future in order to complement the historiography, however, we hope that this study will help to fill a part of that gap.

The jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Ohrid through the centuries (1019 – 1767)

Author(s): Angeliki Delikari / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

The history of the Ohrid Archbishopric, which researchers have been studying for more than two centuries, is a favourite topic of Slavists (historians, theologians, art historians). In different chronological periods, this Byzantine archbishopric has been the central object of the claims of the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian churches. The importance of the archbishopric also depended on the extent of the territory under its jurisdiction. The function of the archbishopric was ecclesiastical and political. It acted not only as an autocephalous ecclesiastical organization, but also as an institution supporting political structures.

Tsar Samuel in the Ideological Concept of the Ohrid Archbishopric Tradition and Invention (11th-17 century)

Author(s): Mitko Panov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

The paper treats the issue on the reconstruction of the image of Tsar Samuel from the perspective of the Ohrid Archbishopric. The snapshots from the sources starting from Basil II’s sigillia and other official acts, reveals that the representation of Samuel was largely shaped in accordance with the ideological concept of the Ohrid Archbishopric. Depending on the political constellation and the momentary aims of the ideological propaganda, Samuel was either recognized as the fundamental ruler and inseparable part of the traditions of the Ohrid Archbishopric, or was completely excluded within the constructed theories about the origin оf the Archbishopric. The leading people in the Ohrid Archbishopric constantly modified and constructed the ecclesiastical traditions for the purpose of reinforcing the position and the status of the Archbishopric, in which the Christian saints were also exploited. This tendency also found reflection in the alteration of the original legend about Vladimir and Kosara, that served Archbishopric’s pretensions for obtaining the leading role among the Orthodox Christians in the Balkans. Hence, from the reading of the official works composed for or from the Ohrid Archbishopric we can notice the tendency for adapting, constructing and manipulating the traditions emerging from Samuel’s political and ideological program, that involved the cults and legends originating in Prespa and Ohrid, wherefrom we receive opposed and distorted images of Samuel. Their deconstruction is the main goal of this paper.

Pistoale și revolvere din secolul al XVI-lea până la începutul celui de-al doilea război mondial, aflate în patrimoniul Muzeului național de istorie a Moldovei

Author(s): Anatolie Povestca / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2021

: The scientific communication presents the results of a study of the collection of pistols and revolvers from the National Museum of History of Moldova, numbering about forty specimens of firearms of historical, technical and artistic significance. We propose to pay attention to the historical value of these weapons, presenting their description and evolution from pistols with the wheel lock mechanism to the flint lock and cap lock mechanism or percussion lock system. The article is a continuation of a series of publications on firearms from the previous issues of Tiragetia journal. The Western and Eastern samples of weapons examined here entered the museum collection as a result of donations and purchases, or were transferred from other institutions. The chronological framework of the collection covers the period from the Middle Ages (16th century) to the outbreak of World War II. Designers-gunsmiths are indicated separately or by country, some terminological aspects are specified regarding the etymology of the words “pistol” and “revolver”. The scientifically systematized material presented in the article can be useful for specialists, historians and museologists, and at the same time will be interesting and informative for a wide range of readers.

Иван Снегаров – жизнен път и историописно творчество

Author(s): Dimitar Hristov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2013

The legacy of the most prominent Bulgarian Church historian, Ivan Snegarov (1882–1971) has not been an object of an extensive and detailed analysis until recently. The article Ivan Snegarov – Life and Historical Work is an attempt to fulfi ll this lack and presents a brief outline of the author’s PhD dissertation with the same title. The article is divided onto three parts: the first one (entitled Life) is a biography of Snegarov, the second (The Various Periods of the Bulgarian History in Ivan Snegarov’s Works) – analysis of his major historical works, and the third (Into the Constructive Laboratory of the Historian Ivan Snegarov) – synthesis of the most essential trends and ideas in Snegarov’s writings.

Oświeceniowa koncepcja nauki Andrzeja Trzcińskiegow Uwagach na Rozprawę o krytyce Stanisława Kostki Potockiego

Author(s): Milena Cygan / Language(s): Polish Issue: 23/2024

The article discusses the concept of science proposed by Andrzej Trzciński (1749–1823), a Krakow professor of physics during the Enlightenment era. In 1811, he published Uwagi na Rozprawę o krytyce Stanisława Kostki Potockiego [Remarks on Stanisław Kostka Potocki’s Treatise on Critique]. Typically, this text has been perceived by researchers as insignificant, malicious remarks directed at Potocki (1755–1821) and his dissertation.The aim of this article is to show that behind the arguments presented in Uwagi... lies a vision of science, as well as culture and art, distinct from Potocki’s.Firstly, the article introduces the Krakow scholar and explains why he remains relatively unknown. Then, based on an analysis of Uwagi... and comparisons with Potocki’s Critique, it indicates that Trzciński was an advocate of empiricism, a critic of classicism (advocated by Potocki), and a scholar who drew inspiration from sentimentalism and the views of J. J. Rousseau. True to Enlightenment ideals, Trzciński advocated research into Nature, believing that the natural sciences take precedence over other disciplines because they are useful (by facilitating life, improving the quality of life, and serving the common good). Fine arts and aesthetics, according to Trzciński, are reserved for the few and bring limited benefits to society, primarily providing pleasure and entertainment.Moreover, the article also raises the issue of Polish scientific and academic language.