South-East European History- Cyrillic Manuscripts

Viacheslav V. Lytvynenko

• 12 november 2025
• 9783034350907

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This volume contains studies of Cyrillic manuscripts and early printed editions from c. 900-1800. The authors discuss the material, visual and textual aspects of these manuscripts, using various digital and other approaches. The Balkan History Association initiated the project and twenty-one scholars from eight countries contributed.

The contributions brought together in this landmark edited collection focus on Cyrillic manuscripts and early printed editions from around 900 to 1800. They address a wide variety of topics that have not received sufficient attention in Western scholarship, including material, visual, and textual aspects. Collectively, the authors discuss scribal practices and multilingual manuscripts; visual exegesis; paleography; codicology and online databases; migration of manuscripts; fragmentology and digital reconstruction; and machine learning approaches, HTR models for transcriptions, and multi-spectral macrophotography.

The project was initiated by the Balkan History Association and represents the work of twenty-one scholars from eight different countries.