The Bitola Triodion is a Middle Bulgarian Glagolitic manuscript that contains a triodion from the late 12th century.

History

In 1898, the manuscript was brought to the Bulgarian Trade Agency[bg] in Bitola from a nearby village, along with other Slavic and Greek manuscripts. Historian Yordan Ivanov found it in Bitola in 1907. It is now kept in the library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia.

Description

The triodion contains 101 leaves of parchment, each sized to 27.5 x 19.5 cm. According to Ivanov, it was written in the village of Svetovrache[bg] by Georgi Gramatik. Along with usual service prayers, it contains a hymographic cycle of Konstantin of Preslav. It is written in Cyrillic with traces of Glagolitic, which is considered to be a characteristic feature of manuscripts from the Bulgarian region.

Some scholars assume that it is a direct copy of an older, Glagolitic book. The document contains musical notation, and a frequent use of the self-theta (Θ), which is written in black and red ink. The sign is placed above individual words to inform singers of musical ornamentation.

See also

Sources

  • Ивановъ, Йорданъ (1931). Български старини изъ Македония. Второ, допълнено издание. Sofia: Издава Българската академия на наукитѣ, Държавна печатница. pp. 452–467.
  • Zaimiov, Iordan (Nov 1984). . Polata Knigopisnaia (10–11). William R. Veder, Vakgroep Slavistiek, Katholieke Universiteit: 1–202. hdl:. ISSN – via OSU.
  • Русек, Й. (May 1981). "За езика на Битолския триод". Старобългаристика (in Bulgarian) (2): 72–78.
  • Петканова, Д. (1983). "Константин Кирил – Денница на славянския род". Народна Просвета.
  • Петров, С.; Кодов, Х. (1973). Старобългарски музикални паметници (in Bulgarian). Sofia. pp. 121–127.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Добрев, Иван (1991). "За една приписка в Битолския триод". Старобългарска литература (25–26): 110–114.