''Slovo'' is an annual
academic journal
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edited and managed by the
Old Church Slavonic Institute The Old Church Slavonic Institute () is a Croatian public institute founded in 1952 by the state for the purpose of scientific research on the language, literature and paleography of the mediaeval literary heritage of the Croatian vernacular and the ...
. It is a
Slavistics
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publication with a focus on
Church Slavonic
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, including the
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 fro ...
. The journal was and continues to be a print journal, but since 2006 is also available online. It was established in 1952. Each issue begins with articles, transitions through reviews, and ends with news.
History
Josip Hamm was
editor-in-chief
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of issues 1–12, of issues 13–24, and of the issues that followed.
Issue 6–8 was published as a "Collection dedicated to on the occasion of the 60th annerversary of his arrival in Croatia" (). Issue 13 was dedicated to the 1100th annerversary of the invention of Glagolitic. Issue 15–16 was dedicated o Vjekoslav Štefanić on his 65th birthday. Issue 21 was published as a collection with the title "Glagolitic: eleven centuries of a great tradition" (). Issue 24 published papers from the symposium on the Slavonic
Patericon held 19–22 May 1974 in
Vienna
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. Issue 28 published papers from the scientific conference on the Slavonic Patericon held 17–18 October 1977 in
Kraków
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.
Selected works
* Includes a summary of every article published up to that point.
See also
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List of Slavic studies journals
References
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Slavic studies journals
Academic journals established in 1952
Annual journals
Croatian-language journals