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Lists Of Glagolitic Manuscripts
Below are lists of manuscripts with Glagolitic by date: * List of Glagolitic manuscripts (900-1199) * List of Glagolitic manuscripts (1200-1299) * List of Glagolitic manuscripts (1300-1399) * List of Glagolitic manuscripts (1400-1499) * List of Glagolitic manuscripts (1500-1599) * List of Glagolitic manuscripts (1600-1699) * List of Glagolitic manuscripts (1700-1799) * List of Glagolitic manuscripts (1800-1899) * List of Glagolitic manuscripts (1900-present) * List of undated Glagolitic manuscripts See also * Lists of Glagolitic inscriptions * List of Glagolitic printed works __NOTOC__ This is an incomplete list of documents printed in the Glagolitic script. For handwritten works see List of Glagolitic manuscripts. List See also * List of Glagolitic inscriptions * List of Glagolitic manuscripts References Note ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Glagolitic manuscripts Church Slavonic manuscripts Lists of manuscripts Medieval manuscripts Old Church Slavonic literat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glagolitic Script
The Glagolitic script ( , , ''glagolitsa'') is the oldest known Slavic alphabet. It is generally agreed that it was created in the 9th century for the purpose of translating liturgical texts into Old Church Slavonic by Saint Cyril, a monk from Thessalonica. He and his brother Saint Methodius were sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III in 863 to Great Moravia after an invitation from Rastislav of Moravia to spread Christianity there. After the deaths of Cyril and Methodius, their disciples were expelled and they moved to the First Bulgarian Empire instead. The Early Cyrillic alphabet, which developed gradually in the Preslav Literary School by Greek alphabet scribes who incorporated some Glagolitic letters, gradually replaced Glagolitic in that region. Glagolitic remained in use alongside Latin in the Kingdom of Croatia and alongside Cyrillic until the 14th century in the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Serbian Empire, and later mainly for cryptographic purposes. Glagolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
