Temska Manuscript ( bg, Темски ръкопис, sr, Темски рукопис/Temski rukopis) is a collection of writings from 1764, compiled by monk

Kiril Zhivkovich The male name Kiril (or Кирил or Кирилл) is a common first name in the Orthodox Slavic world, in particular in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Russia. It is also well known in Greece but in different forms like Kyriakos. (Note that in m ...

(1730–1807) in the

Temska Monastery Temska is a village in the Pirot municipality, in south-eastern Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads ...

near the village of

Temska Temska is a village in the Pirot municipality, in south-eastern Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads ...

, in

Pirot Pirot ( sr-cyr, Пирот) is a city and the administrative center of the Pirot District in southeastern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the urban area of the city has a population of 38,785, while the population of the city administrative are ...

district. The title of the manuscript is ''"Из душевного обреда в’ неделных днех слова избрана. На прости язык болгарскій".'' - ''"Selected words from the weekly spiritual rituals. In simple Bulgarian language"''. The manuscript consists of 232 sheets, where 34 writings are collected. The basic languages of the manuscript are

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and Church Slavonic with some

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influences. This manuscript is a monument, reflecting the state of transitional dialects between Bulgarian and Serbian in the middle of 18th century. Today this manuscript is stored in the Library of

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under № PP 169.Književnost i jezik, Društvo za srpski jezik i književnost Srbije, Društvo za srpskohrvatski jezik i književnost SR Crne Gore, 1965, str. 56.

References

Sources

* Василев, В.П. Темският ръкопис – български езиков паметник от 1764 г, Paleobulgarica, IX (1986), кн. 1, с. 49-72.
Василев, В.П. За диалектната основа на един ръкопис от 18 век, в: Българският език през ХХ век, София 2001, с. 280-283.
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