Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage Volume 11 May 2002

The Ohio State THE RESEARCH LIBRARY Columbus University THE RESOURCE CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL SLAVIC STUDIES Ohio Historic Raška, : Site of the Fifth International Hilandar Conference The Fifth International Hilandar Conference has been scheduled for Raška, Serbia, from September 8 – 14, 2002. The conference is being sponsored by the “Gradac” Cultural Kallistos, Bishop of Diokleia, and William “Brit” Kirwan, OSU president Center of Raška, Serbia, and the Resource Center for Medi- photo by Nathan Robinson eval Slavic Studies of The Ohio State University. The theme of the conference is: Love of Learning and Devotion to God Bishop Kallistos Meets OSU in Orthodox Monasteries. Papers will be presented on top- ics relating to learning, culture, and monastic life in medieval Community During Visit Slavia Orthodoxa. The presentations will take place from Sep- tember 9th through the 12th with the remainder of the time Sponsored by RCMSS/HRL designated for travel to and from the conference and for ex- Before a rapt and appreciative audience of over 200 on April cursions to monasteries and other local attractions. 9 of this year Kallistos, Bishop of Diokleia, spoke on Light Historic Raška, Serbia, includes the very picturesque and Glory: The Significance of St. Gregory Palamas for the Kopaonik mountain region. Several monasteries are located World Today, a fascinating and complex topic made under- there, including Gradac, Stara Pavlica, Nova Pavlica, standable by the depth of knowledge, eloquence, and passion Nikoljaca, Studenica, Sopo‹ani, Petrova Crkva, Djurdjevi of His Grace’s words. Stupovi, and Crna Reka. These cultural monuments date from Bishop Kallistos, the former Timothy Ware, is a world-re- the 9th through the 13th centuries. Conference participants nowned theologian and Pembroke Fellow and the former will receive complimentary registration, housing, meals, Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at the Univer- continued on page 9 sity of Oxford. Author of several books and currently working on the translation and study of the Philokalia, Bishop Ware is INSIDE FEATURES still best known for The Orthodox Church, now in several print- ings and often used as a seminal textbook on Orthodoxy. Profiles - Interviews with RCMSS Advisory Council Member Bishop Ware was introduced by Dr. Melinda Nelson, As- and CMRS Director, Nicholas Howe, and International Affiliate for Scandinavia, Per Ambrosiani. Page 3 sistant Dean of the College of Humanities. His Grace’s lecture was given before an OSU community of faculty and students, HRL Journal - Reports on HRL research projects by Mariana members of the Columbus Greek parish of the Annunciation Dimitrova, Jennifer Spock, Victor Alexandrov and Margaret Dimitrova. Pages 4-5, 8 and 11 Cathedral, members of other local parishes, as well as guests from as far away as Canada, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Soon, Picture Gallery - Scenes from Bishop Ware’s visit. Pages 6-7 interested individuals throughout the world may also view and Recent Bibliography - Publications related to HRL/RCMSS materials and resources. Page 10 continued on page 9 2 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage May 2002

Director’s Desk Dr. Predrag Matejic

Several weeks script illuminators of Hilandar Serbian manu- PhD dissertation and is now gainfully em- have passed since the scripts of the 16th and 17th centuries. While ployed. Also, Matilde Casas-Olea, participant visit and lecture of here, we continued discussions regarding the in the 1999 Medieval Slavic Summer Insti- Kallistos, Bishop of possibility of obtaining microfilms of the valu- tute and recipient of a 2001 Summer Stipend, Diokleia, though the able manuscript collections of the Museum. has received a teaching position at the Univer- excitement and energy Shortly after his return to Serbia, Dr. Mileus- sity of Granada, Spain. She is now preparing he created are still with niƒ informed us that Patriarch Pavle looks fa- the publication of the Slavic manuscript dis- us and will likely con- vorably on such a project. It is our sincere hope covered in Granada’s university library. tinue for some time— that the Conference in Raška will serve as an Finally, unfortunately we have had some we hope until his next appropriate venue during which an official significant losses to our family of scholars visit! We are grateful signing and announcement of such an agree- and supporters. Academician Stojan Vujiˇci‹, to His Grace for the time he shared with us, ment between the of Hungary, who was so instrumental in 1984 for his inspirational words, and for the inter- (for the Museum) and the Hilandar Research in assisting us and arranging the microfilm- est he has shown in the Hilandar Research Library will be made. The possibility of add- ing of the valuable manuscripts of the Serbian Library and the Resource Center for Medi- ing almost a million microfilmed pages of Orthodox Ecclesiastic Museum in Szent eval Slavic Studies. such important manuscript material is breath- Andre, Hungary, has passed away. His beau- Related to Bishop Kallistos’ visit, we also taking. Of great significance is the opportu- tiful voice and good nature will be missed by hosted a small dinner in his honor. In addi- nity to help preserve the important cultural heri- all. Mrs. Esther Clarke, who donated the tion to several university officials, also present “Clarke Paisii” manuscript to the HRL, too were a few especially invited guests. Making has passed away. Medieval scholarship a special appearance, Dr. William “Brit” Kirwan, mourns the loss of Sir Dimitrii Obolensky, the the president of The Ohio State University, University of Oxford’s renowned Byzantino- met the dinner guests and spoke for several Slavist. Scholarship will also miss UCLA’s minutes, welcoming His Grace and express- eminent linguist and Slavist, Henrik ing gratitude to our supporters and staff. It was Birnbaum. And, while neither a Slavist nor both personally and professionally gratifying to scholar, we shall certainly miss Lee Akkerman hear President Kirwan speak so enthusiasti- of Florida, whose friendship and advice was cally of my father’s academic legacy, which in- V. Rev. Dr. Matejic, P. Matejic and S. Mileusni‹ most crucial at a critical stage in our Russian cludes the Hilandar Research Library and the Project. Also, one of the HRL’s earliest bene- Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies. tage of Serbia’s manuscripts, to make this heri- factors, Michael Kvocka of Columbus, re- We were also delighted to hear that plans for tage more accessible, and to have it join and cently died. A supporter since the first days of the future major renovation of the Main Li- be utilized together with the related material the original Hilandar Project, we will always brary at The Ohio State University, already in from Hilandar Monastery, certain other mon- remember him for his advice, quiet wisdom, the planning stage, include a larger and more asteries on Mount Athos, as well as the other and often anonymous generosity. prominent role for the Hilandar Research 90-some collections already available on mi- Library. croform in the HRL. The other major activity of this Spring has William Veder, RCMSS international af- CYRILLIC MANUSCRIPT been planning the 5th International Hilandar filiate for The Netherlands and co-editor of the HERITAGE Conference, September 8-14, Raška, Serbia. important medieval Slavic informational bulle- Director: PREDRAG MATEJIC Coordinating our efforts with Dr. Miroljub Joko- tin and journal, Polata k”nigopis’naia (“Scripto- Managing Editors: HELENE SENECAL vi‹ of Serbia, we look forward to a successful rium”), initiated discussions of the transfer of AND M.A. JOHNSON conference in Serbia’s historic Kapaonik re- back and future issues of the journal to elec- Contributing Editor: DINISSA DUVANOVA gion. We have received inquiries regarding tronic format, to then be made available via Media Consultant: LORRAINE ABRAHAM the conference from throughout the world. the HRL’s website. Taking advantage of a brief Hilandar Research Library His Holiness, Patriarch Pavle, is expected to research trip to the HRL in April, Dr. Veder Resource Center open the conference with a service in met with me and Dr. Raimund Goerler, Assis- for Medieval Slavic Studies The Ohio State University on September 8. tant Director for Special Collections of the OSU 225/227 Main Library We hope to have an exciting announce- Libraries and University Archivist, to explore 1858 Neil Avenue Mall ment at the 5th International Hilandar Confer- this joint venture. We gladly anticipate hosting Columbus, Ohio 43210-1286 ence. The week of March 25 we hosted the and making accessible this important schol- Telephone: 614-292-0634 Director of the Museum of the Serbian Ortho- arly journal. Fax: 614-292-7859 dox Church in Belgrade, Dr. Slobodan We also have other good news to share. E-mail: [email protected] Mileusni‹, who was researching possible con- Dongsoo Jeon, a longtime RCMSS Graduate www.cohums.ohio-state. edu/cmrs/rcmss/ nections between iconographers and manu- Research Associate, successfully defended his May 2002 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage 3 RCMSS ADVISORY COUNCILS IN PROFILE Series Featuring Individual Members

By Dinissa Duvanova OSU Advisory Council International Affiliate Nicholas Howe, professor of English and director of the Per Ambrosiani, associate professor of Slavic Languages Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) at The at Stockholm University, Sweden, is our International Affili- Ohio State University, received his PhD from Yale in 1978. ate in Scandinavia. He received his PhD from Stockholm Uni- After teaching at Rutgers University and the University of versity and currently continues his long-standing research on Oklahoma, Dr. Howe joined the OSU faculty in 1991. As a verbal accentuation in Slavic Gospel manuscripts, investigat- member of the RCMSS Advisory Board, he believes that the ing methods for dating and determining the place of origin of Resource Center for Medieval Slavic manuscripts. Dr. Ambrosiani is also working on a re- Slavic Studies plays a crucial role search project concerning Russian onomastics, based on 17th- in the work of medieval and re- century northwest Russian village name materials located in naissance studies “because it the Swedish National Archives. makes all western medievalists far Dr. Ambrosiani appreciates the role of the RCMSS in pro- more cognizant of the geographi- moting Slavic studies: “My acquaintance with the HRL mate- cal scale, religious diversity and rials has helped to broaden my experience of Slavic manu- cultural range of their discipline.” scripts. I have worked with quite a few original manuscripts in He recalls that during his gradu- other places (mainly Moscow), but ate studies in the mid-1970s, me- easy access and a broad represen- dieval studies, for all intents and tation of materials have made the purposes, meant France, Britain, HRL an indispensable place to do Nicholas Howe Germany and maybe Italy and certain survey investigations.” He Director, CMRS Spain. Beyond that, nothing! He is eager to introduce Scandinavian is pleased that students at Ohio researchers to the HRL. In his view, State have access to a great collection of Slavic materials and such networking activities are very a cadre of fine colleagues in this field. important. “Being close to the Dr. Howe is currently working on a book about ideas of Slavic countries, we sometimes place and cultural senses of geography in Anglo-Saxon En- tend to forget that important cen- gland (pre-1100 C.E.). The book, entitled Writing the Map of ters for Slavic studies, including Anglo-Saxon England, will engage with the ways in which those with important repositories of early medieval cartography was a narrative or textual form source materials, are also located Per Ambrosiani rather than the visual one we know today. “The Anglo-Sax- in other parts of the world!” International Affiliate, ons wrote their maps, quite literally, and did not draw them. As RCMSS International Affili- Scandinavia They were able to relate geography to history in ways that ate, Dr. Ambrosiani keeps up with his Scandinavian colleagues’ suggest their sense of place had a great deal to do with what scholarly work. In June 2001, Lea Siilin successfully defended had happened there,” he explains. Professor Howe recently her doctoral dissertation on orthographical norms (using texts was named a recipient of the prestigious John Simon of the Life of Alexander of Svir) at Joensuu University, Fin- Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, an award which will fur- land. Alexander Pereswetoff-Morath is finishing his disserta- ther facilitate his study of Anglo-Saxon England. He has tion work on medieval anti-Judaism at Lund University, Swe- authored numerous books, articles, reviews, and editorial den. Lars Steensland (Lund) continues his work on different works including The Old English Catalogue Poems: A Study types of Tolkovye azbuki. Forthcoming is the first part of the in Poetic Form (1985) and Migration and Mythmaking in descriptive catalog of the Novgorod occupation archives ed- Anglo-Saxon England (2001). ited by Elisabeth Löfstrand (Stockholm University) and Laila Dr. Howe believes that the success of his students, as they Nordquist (Uppsala University, Sweden). In January 2002 the make lives and careers for themselves, is the most important Estonian Institute for Slavistics (Eesti Slavistika Instituut) was indicator of his own academic accomplishments. He speaks founded, under the directorship of Svetlana Ragrina. One of with great pride of the progress that CMRS has made over the its goals is to promote research on collections of Slavic manu- last few years. “The College of Humanities and the College of scripts in the Baltic and Nordic countries. A Baltic/Nordic/ the Arts now have extremely strong faculty in medieval and Russian group of scholars, including Lars Steensland and Dr. renaissance studies. I think we now have the finest faculty in Ambrosiani, have agreed to serve on the Institute’s Interna- these periods of any university in North America!” tional Committee. 4 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage May 2002 Viewing microfilms turned out to be monastic spiritual life and more gener- HRL Journal only part of my experience at the ally on the society of Russia’s northern Hilandar Research Library. I benefited regions as they came under the influence In this feature, Cyrillic Manuscript greatly from the discussions I had with of Orthodoxy. The two are closely linked, Heritage asks researchers who have M. A. Johnson on the topic of the Old and the libraries and archives of Russia’s used the Hilandar Research Library in Testament Lectionaries; I learned from pre-Petrine monasteries have a wealth of the past year, either in person or by mail, Predrag Matejic about an incredible religious, pious, spiritual, economic, and to describe their experiences and work. invention that allows us to clearly see Scholars who wish to contribute items watermarks in paper without holding up may send them to the HRL. the manuscript to light; I met the Very Rev. Dr. Mateja Matejic, founder of the MUSICAL original Hilandar Research Project, and RENDERINGS IN attended a Liturgy led by him. The time I spent in front of the microfilm reader was LITURGICAL very rewarding too. I was fortunate to come upon a 13th-century Greek MANUSCRIPTS Menaion from the Hilandar Monastery Byzantine collection (HM.BMS.1), in By Mariana Dimitrova which I counted 35 stichera notated throughout with Middle Byzantine social information regarding Russia’s notation. This manuscript was briefly hinterlands. This year my work at HRL described by A. Jakovljeviƒ, but does not has focused on two paper presentations appear to have ever been studied as a that will fill perceived gaps in my previ- musical source. I am very grateful to my ous work and will contribute to an ar- hosts at the HRL/RCMSS for the xerox ticle and my book manuscript. The pa- copy of this Menaion, as well as for the per that I presented in November at copies from other manuscripts in which AAASS dealt with the problem of au- I found sporadic theta signs. I am thority in the monasteries. A paper, which especially obliged to the HRL/RCMSS I recently gave at a workshop sponsored staff for their expert assistance by Harvard University’s Davis Center, wonderfully combined with hospitality focused more specifically on the inter- and warmth. action between the economic and litur- When planning my week-long visit to gical/pious documents regarding infor- the Hilandar Research Library, I decided mation on Russian Orthodoxy, both in- to focus on liturgical manuscripts, which, ECONOMIC AND stitutional and experiential, and Russia’s as a rule, do not contain musically arranged understudied northern society and texts, but still do present valuable evidence economy. of music rendering. For instance, one can LITURGICAL Much of my previous work entailed always rely on the Menaia, Triodia, and INTERACTION IN culling through the economic documents Pentecostaria when studying the of Solovki where there are rich sources distribution of the eight modes among NORTHERN regarding donations to the cloister. These different genres of chant. Furthermore, RUSSIA in turn shed light on the preferences that some sources include the primitive theta northern Orthodox believers had regard- notation–a theta sign ( ) that appears ‹ ing their saints, methods for resolving either alone or accompanied by a few other By Jennifer Spock problems, and the interaction between the neumes at the closing phrases of certain monks and surrounding families of trad- As an assistant professor at Eastern hymns. There are also some scattered ers, fishermen, and peasants (the three examples of fully notated texts–usually Kentucky University, I have the good fortune to be within driving distance of categories often coincided). Since receiv- stichera, as in the famous Draganov ing my degree I have expanded my re- Menaion, where unique combinations of The Ohio State University and the Hilan- dar Research Library. Over the past two search beyond Solovki to provide more signs pose challenges to musicological context for northern pious activity and semesters, I have visited the HRL/ research. In my own work I have come northern Russian society. RCMSS five times to research my on- across yet another primitive notation used The liturgical and pious manuscripts to mark the units of the troparia in a given going projects. I received my degree in history from Yale in 1999 where I worked of monasteries are, of course, one of the canon. Considering the richness of the major resources for the history of piety HRL’s microform collections, I was hoping on the pious, spiritual, and social inter- actions of the Solovki Monastery from and spirituality, and for the purpose of that in one short week I would still be able expanding my research beyond the to advance my study on the notated chants its founding in the early 15th century to found in liturgical manuscripts. 1645. My work focuses specifically on continued on page 5 May 2002 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage 5

HRL Journal, continued many writings, but more importantly, au- code even as late as the early twentieth Solovki Monastery, the collections at thority resided in the interpretation and century. In Serbia, the shortened version HRL comprise one of the finest reposi- adaptation of portions of written work by of this nomocanon circulated as a part abbots or spiritual fathers. Appropriate of Stefan Dušan’s legislation. tories in the United States. I have been human authority could select from a vast While at the HRL, I planned to ex- searching through the primary sources that HRL has on microfilm for lives and collection of accepted written works to amine all available copies of the Syn- miracles of major northern saints such provide a fluid orthodox framework for tagma, and also had the idea to trace the as Varlaam Khutinskii, Andrei Siiskii and leadership role modeling. diffusion of Blastares’ code in the linguis- Alexander Svirskii. The recent collec- My work now aims to examine the tic area of Church Slavonic (that is to say, instructional documents available in a among the Orthodox Slavs and Roma- tions that HRL has received from GIM, given period at a few chosen monastic MGU, and Saratov, have hundreds of mis- cellanies (sborniki) from the pre-Petrine communities, and to try to assess the most era. I have been delving into miscella- likely patterns of life, concerns, prob- nies in search of lives, miracles, and mo- lems, and triumphs based on the inter- nastic instructions, which are frequently pretation of authority at each cloister. My hope is that such a project will give for translated as “rules” (ustavy). These the first time a window into the life that a manuscripts have helped context-ualize my work. “typical” monk in Russia might have led The word ustav can have many trans- in the 16th or 17th century—a monk from lations. It may designate a typikon, the a non-elite family of moderate means instructions for church services. A mon- who had retired to a cloister but contin- ued to be active in labor and the world. astery might have a number of different typika with minor differences in the cel- ebration of services. An ustav may des- ignate instructions for proper daily liv- TRACING THE Hilandar Slavic Ms. #299, f. 1r ing such as meals, clothing, and labor. SLAVIC Again, a single monastery might have nians). In order to trace the circulation more than one such ustav within its li- SYNTAGMA OF of the Syntagma, I browsed through all brary, each received as a gift, copied, bought, or even uniquely created for that BLASTARES the catalogues in the HRL and OSUL, cloister, within just a few years of one and managed to complete significantly another. An ustav could be an amalgam By Victor Alexandrov my list of Syntagma manuscripts, bring- ing it to almost seventy items. Back in of these two types of directions. It might Budapest, it was easy to sum up the data also indicate a “cell rule” that gave monks Last academic year, due to a grant that collected at the HRL and to write a chap- instructions for customary prayers to be I received from the Central European said at regular times of the day or week. University (Budapest), I was able to con- ter of my dissertation. As I sorted through An ustav or pravila (“laws”) might also duct six months of research at the HRL. the information that I gathered in Colum- give instructions to monks for appropri- I was interested in manuscripts on mi- bus, a clear picture of the diffusion of the complete Syntagma emerged, and its ate prayers to be made in the case of un- crofilm of the Slavic translation of Mat- movement from southern Serbia and planned occurrences: various types of thew Blastares’ Syntagma and in the rich Macedonia, through Bulgaria and the temptation or reasons for praise and collection of secondary literature held by thanksgiving. Saints’ lives were used as the HRL and OSU Libraries. Romanian principalities, to Ruthenia and a type of instruction to which an author- The Syntagma kata stoicheion (“Al- Russia, revealed itself. ity figure could turn for the proper reso- phabetical collection of canons”) is a With regards to the manuscript cop- ies of Blastares’ code, it was a pleasant lution of problems. The sborniki that I Byzantine canon and civil law code com- surprise to realise that, due to rapid ex- have studied at HRL show the variety of pleted in 1335 by the hieromonk Mat- pansion of the HRL, it possessed more instructional material available to monks thew Blastares, a canonist and hymno- and their leaders for proper pious devo- grapher from Thessalonica. Several years microfilms of the complete Syntagma tion and daily behavior. later it was translated into Slavic. The than I expected to find. It also turned out What has come to light from my re- Syntagma enjoyed immense popularity that the five manuscripts found in the HRL represent all the basic stages in the cent research at HRL along with my ear- in the later years of Byzantium and in transmission of the complete Syntagma lier work is the verification that a mo- post-Byzantine Greece, serving as a ba- in the northern parts of the Byzantine nastic community did not rely on specific sic canon law collection until the arrival documents for guidance, but rather of the Pedalion of St. Nicodemus the commonwealth. looked to a broad base of varying docu- Hagiorite. Equally, the translation of the The Serbian codex HM.SMS.299 be- ments for appropriate patterns of life and Syntagma was widespread among the longs to the group of the five oldest cop- ies of the Slavic Syntagma, dating to the worship, and appropriate responses to Orthodox Slavs in the late Middle Ages. problems or events. Authority resided in In Russia, the Old Believers copied this continued on page 8 6 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage May 2002

Photo Gallery Visit with Kallistos Ware, Bishop of Diokleia Photos by Nathan Robinson

Bishop Ware in the Hilandar Research Library

Predrag Matejic welcomes Bishop Ware and guests William “Brit” Kirwan, Bishop Ware and Alex Machaskee during dinner at the Faculty Club

Faculty Club Reception Honoring Bishop Ware Dr. John Koutras, Dr. Manuel Tzagournis, Bishop Ware, Peter Patitsas, Adam Tzagournis, Madeline Tzagournis and Fr. Alexander Papagikos

Frs. Alexander Rentel, Daniel Byantoro, Anthony Sarris, Bishop Ware, Dr. Nick Schooley, Steven Kozobarich, Jeri Kozobarich, and Frs. Alexander Papagikos, Gordon Walker and Daniel Rentel Ray Suput spend a few minutes chatting with Bishop Ware May 2002 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage 7

Bishop Ware meets with Nick Alexander, Tom Chase, Susan Walton introduces Fatmir Cici listens intently Sharon Black, Josie Chase and Peter Patitsas son David to Bishop Ware

Aleksandra Budisavljevic receives the Bishop’s blessing Alex Machaskee, Sophie and Kosta Papich while her sister, Marija Young, looks on

Mrs. Gordon Walker, Mrs. Anthony Sarris, David Robinson Kathy Johnson and Pauline Dickey speak with Bishop Ware and Leon Twarog visit during reception

Melinda Nelson introduces Bishop Ware presenting his Audience in Independence Hall Bishop Ware lecture 8 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage May 2002

HRL Journal, continued from page 5 Its text as a prayer for a midwife in 15th- PRAYERS FOR 17th-century South Slavic Trebniks is last two or three decades of the four- NEWBORNS, closer to the archetype than to the ver- teenth century. The history of BAN sion that keeps the original function of (Sofia) manuscript #70, written in MOTHERS AND the prayer êëüíøó ñå äðüçîñòè© Resava orthography during the middle íàïðàñíî. Still, the text for a midwife of the fifteenth century, is connected with MIDWIVES shows several errors, perhaps a misread- the Ohrid Archbishopric, where it was By Margaret Dimitrova ing, which appear in various Trebniks, in- found as early as circa 1550. cluding some from the 15th century. Ap- The Saratov State University codex My research visit of one month fo- parently, this was a version that was es- th SGU.208, a Moldavian copy from 1611, cused on two types of texts: 1) commen- tablished before the 15 century and was illustrates how manuscripts disappear taries of the Song of Songs, especially, a not seriously revised later. th from the horizon of scholarship and then 17th-century East Slavic cursive manu- Some of the 17 -century Trebniks I emerge again. This manuscript, commis- script (Saratov SGU.1003) containing examined have as a common feature the sioned by the Metropolitan Anastasie the textological version found in the prayer Âëàäûêî ãƒè èƒñ õƒå ñëîâî áîæèå (usu- Crimca (or Krimkovich) of Suchava for Gennadian Bible with commentaries by ally with the original prayer for christen- the monastic skete known as Beserikan Philo, Hippolytus of Rome, and Gregory ing and troparia and kondakion to the (according to the colophon), appeared of Nyssa; and 2) on pre- (and post-) bap- at an exhibition at the beginning of the tismal rites for the newborn, mother, and twentieth century in Moscow. It was no- midwife in medieval South Slavic cod- ticed by several Romanian scholars. ices. Since most of the extant South Slavic However, traces of this codex were lost, Trebniks are of relatively late date (15th- and in 1986 Radu Constantinescu, in- 17th centuries), a thorough study of ev- cluding it in his summary of Romanian ery new source is of particular importance manuscripts housed outside of Romania, for the study of the inventory and distri- failed to establish the precise location bution of pre-baptismal prayers and their of this codex. All this time it was in the textual variants. By comparing manu- collection of P. M. Mal’tsev, an Old Be- scripts and early printed Trebniks in the liever merchant, which became part of HRL, I was able to find links not only, the Saratov State University library in as expected, between East Slavic printed 1921-22. Trebniks and Bulgarian manuscripts of The last two manuscripts of the the 18th-19th centuries, but also between Syntagma available in the HRL, St. Pe- codices of Cyprian’s Trebnik, old printed tersburg State University E-IV-48 and East Slavic Trebniks, and Bulgarian 17th- Theotokos) as a prayer for the mother on SGU.209, both dating to the 1760s, rep- century manuscripts. the third day after childbirth. It is present resent the Russian stage of the life of this The earliest preserved Slavic Trebnik, in the Bulgarian National Library law code. Again, the manuscript from the Glagolitic Euchologium Sinaiticum, Trebniks #972, of Daskal Filip of Adzhar, and #619 (beginning of the 18th century) Saratov deserves a special note, as it does not have prayers for midwives, new- and in two 17th-century Hilandar Trebniks contains a drawing depicting Blastares borns and mothers after birth. The pre- th - #170, dated 1656 with script and illu- as a saint. It is the only image known in baptismal rites are richer in 17 -century mination resembling manuscripts origi- Cyrillic manuscripts of this canonist. South Slavic Eucholo-gia, but what is important is the earlier, underlying tra- nating from the Bulgarian Adzhar cen- (Only one depiction of Blastares is at- th dition. My study of Hilandar Trebniks ter, and #629, a 17 -century philada tested in Greek manuscripts thus far.) whose script is similar to that of #170 It was a pleasure to work in the HRL of Resava orthography, #167-#169, all th and includes in a doxology: SS. Stefan and I will be profiting from the numer- dating to the 15 century, showed the pe- culiarities of arrangement and textual ver- of Deˇcani, John of Rila, Petka (Paras- ous materials found in Columbus for keve); Isaias of Meglen, King Milutin, many years to come. sions of the pre-baptismal prayers belong- ing to the underlying tradition of Jakov and Ioachim of Sarandapor. Trajkov’s 16th-century Trebnik printed The text constantly appears as a prayer in Venice. Moreover, the most recent, for women who were present at childbirth in Trebnik codices connected with the Editor’s Note: Since Mr. Alexandrov’s visit, #169, contains two prayers for a midwife th work of Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev the HRL has acquired yet another Syntagma on that occur frequently in 17 -century microfiche - purchased from Norman Ross Pub- South Slavic Trebniks. The first is actu- and of All Russia, and also in some early lishing, Inc.: MGU Permsko-Udmurtskaia Ms. ally a version of the prayer for “those printed East Slavic Trebniks (cf. Trebnik 812 from the end of the 18th century. who swear too boldly.” The archetype of Gideon Balaban, 1606). In the HRL, I Two other Saratov manuscripts have scribal of this prayer is present in the had the opportunity to consult two such colophons linking them to “Beserikan” mon- Euchologium Sinaiticum, but later func- codices that have not yet been thoroughly astery: SGU.12, a 16th-century Tetra- examined and to compare them with what evangelion, and SGU.23, a 17th-century tioned in two different versions under Psalter with commentary. two different titles in two different cycles. continued on page 11 May 2002 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage 9

Raška, continued from page 1 organizers expect that approximately all who knew him, but his legacy and fifty scholars will give presentations. contributions will continue to inspire Conference sessions will be open to the present and future scholars of Slavic public and all interested are invited to hymnography. attend. Thus, Hilandar will once again bring together people from throughout the Bishop Ware, continued from page 1 world to discuss and better understand its important and continuing cultural legacy. hear the lecture through Orthodoxtv.com, where it will be available on the internet. The festivities began with a small din- ner in His Grace’s honor. Also attending were a number of invited guests, includ- Tribute to ing Kosta and Sophie Papich, Alex Machaskee, president and chairman of , 13th century Stefan the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Joe De- Angelo, director of transportation ser- transportation to and from the Belgrade Kozhukharov vices for the Plain Dealer, and the V. Rev. airport, and sight-seeing excursions. Dr. Mateja Matejic. Brit Kirwan, Presi- Initial discussions for the 5th Interna- By Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova dent of The Ohio State University, gra- tional Hilandar Conference began late and DimitÍr Peev Dimitrov ciously joined the guests for a time, wel- last year with correspondence between th th coming His Grace and speaking highly Dr. Miroljub Jokovi‹ (representing the From the 8 to the 10 of Novem- of the dedicated efforts of those who had ber 2001 the Institute of Literature of the “Gradac” Cultural Center of Raška, Ser- made the Hilandar Research Library not Bulgarian Academy of Sciences orga- bia) and the V. Rev. Dr. Mateja Matejic. only a reality, but also a world-renowned nized the traditional, and ninth in turn, Milutin Kre‹kovi‹, former director, and resource for medieval Slavic scholars. ‹ “Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Old Milojko Miliceviˇ , the current director of Bulgarian Literature and Culture.” For the Raška Cultural Center soon joined many years now it has been popularly these discussions. known as the “PetÍr Dinekov” series. Dr. Jokovi‹’s detailed proposal in- This year, the Colloquium was dedicated cluded several important advantages to to the memory of the series’ founder and this location, such as a reasonable bud- first organizer, Stefan Kozhukharov. getary outline, housing accommodations, Thus, the names of two eminent represen- sightseeing excursions, conference trans- tatives of Bulgarian Medieval Studies be- lators and the probable publication of the came the focus of more than 45 reports conference proceedings. in almost all scholarly fields of research Father Matejic presented this pro- of the Slavonic Middle Ages, including posal to Ohio State’s RCMSS Advisory history, literature, musicology, art, lin- Board in early January 2002. It was guistics. Bishop Ware preparing for lecture quickly agreed that the location was ideal The Colloquium was opened by Ani- photo by Nathan Robinson and should permit a larger number of Eu- sava Miltenova, who spoke of Stefan Ko- ropean scholars to participate. There was zhukharov’s major contributions to scho- Before the lecture, the Resource Cen- also logic to this because the 4th Inter- larship. Other memories were recalled ter for Medieval Slavic Studies hosted a national Hilandar Conference was held and positive words spoken of this great reception in the Grand Lounge of the in the United States. Finally, the fact that scholar, respected both professionally Faculty Club, where numerous guests had and personally, by a number of his col- Raška was in a modern yet scenic and an opportunity to meet and spend some leagues, among whom were D. Kosev, historical region of Serbia was a strong time with Bishop Kallistos. Earlier, His deputy-president of the Bulgarian Acad- reason for selecting this area. emy of Sciences; I. Zelev, Dean of the Grace spent several hours in the Hilan- A Call for Papers was issued in early Theological Faculty of the University of dar Research Library, acquainting him- st March 2002 with a May 1 deadline for Sofia; as well as members of his family. self with its history, mission, and goals. receipt of abstracts. The Call for Papers Kozhukharov’s presence was also The next day, His Grace attended the generated great interest. Abstracts on perceptible in the scholarly agenda of the Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts at “The subjects as varied as monastic culture, Colloquium, which included, in particu- Annunciation” Greek Orthodox Cathe- literature, history, art history, linguistics, lar, many valuable contributions to the dral and also spoke on the topic The hagiography, music, iconography, phi- field to which Stefan Kozhukharov had Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eco- losophy, and architecture have been re- devoted so much of his life – Slavic logical Question, which will also be ceived for consideration. The conference hymnography. Stefan will be missed by made available through Orthodoxtv. com. 10 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage May 2002

Slavic Studies 35(1):19-28. BAN Institute of Languages RECENT Romaniello, Matthew P. 2000. Kliment Ohridski University BIBLIOGRAPHY “Controlling the Frontier: Monasteries of Sofia and Infrastructure in the Volga Region, Sofia, Bulgaria 1552-1682.” Central Asian Survey 19 (3/ Catherine Mary MacRobert 4):429-443. Oxford, England Sels, Lara. 2001. “La traduction sla- vonne du De Hominis Opificio de Gré- Natalja Netsunaeva goire de Nysse. Édition du prooemium Svetlana Ragrina et étude de la technique de traduction.” Tallinn, Estonia Slavica Gandensia 28:145-177. Draginja Simi‹ -Lazar Taseva, Lora, and Maria Yovcheva. Paris, France In volumes 3 and 7 of CMH we published 2001. “The First Comprehensive Edition selected bibliographies of theses, disserta- of a Slavonic Prophetologion Manuscript.” Sergejus Temˇcinas tions, books and articles made possible and/ Orientalia Christiana Periodica 67(2): Vilnius, Lithuania or enhanced by the primary and secondary source materials, especially manuscripts on 447-454. Temchin, Sergei Iur’evich. 2000. “O Igor Kaliganov microform, of the HRL or through the sup- Aleksei Pentkovskii port of the RCMSS. Below are some publi- proiskhozhdenii anomal’noi numera-tsii cations issued since May 2000. chtenii posle Piatidesiatnitsy v serbskom Irina V. Pozdeeva Engelina S. Smirnova polnoaprakosnom evangelii No. 8 A. A. Turilov DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS Khilandarskogo monastyria.” Slavistica Moscow, Russia Vilnensis/Kalbotyra 49(2):37-50. Jeon, Dongsoo. 2002. Use of Dual Slobodan Mileusni‹ Forms: Scribal Practices in a Morpho- MONOGRAPHS Beograd, Serbia syntactic Actualization (Patterns in Se- Lunde, Ingunn. 2001. Verbal Cele- ‹ lected Old Russian Gospel Manuscripts, brations: Kirill of Turov’s Homiletic Jasmina Grkovi -Major 14th Through 17th Centuries). The Ohio Matice Srpska Rhetoric and its Byzantine Sources. Novi Sad, Serbia State University. Slavistische Veröffentlichungen 86. *Reeves-Ellington, Barbara. 2002. Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa “That Our Daughters May Be As Corner Madrid, Spain Stones”: American Missionaries, Bulgar- GIFTS IN KIND ian Nationalists, and the Politics of Gen- Savva Kalugin der, 1832-1872. State University of New We would also like to thank the research- Homer, Alaska ers, visitors to the HRL, our RCMSS affili- York, Binghamton. Valerian Jerdes Yoo, Syeng-Mann. 2001. A Corpus- ates, and others who have donated important scholarly materials on topics in medieval Cupertino, California Linguistic Analysis of Fifteenth- and Six- Slavic studies to the HRL since our last news- teenth-Century Rjazanian Legal Docu- letter: William C. Brumfield ments. The Ohio State University. Francis J. Thomson New Orleans, Louisiana Antwerp, Belgium *Please note that Dr. Reeves-Ellington made Horace G. Lunt use of the set of Clarke and Haskell Bulgar- Lara Sels Cambridge, Massachusetts ian missionary archives housed in the HRL. Ghent, Belgium Nicolas Schidlovsky ARTICLES AND REVIEWS Marija Tihova New York, New York Preslav Literary School Dimitrova, Margaret. 2000. “Stari Shumen, Bulgaria Alex Machaskee bÍlgarski retsepti za vsiaka potreba.” Cleveland, Ohio Mekhanizatsiia na zemedelieto 9-10:23. Adelina Angusheva-Tihanova DimitÍr Peev Dimitrov Grkovi‹-Major, Jasmina. 2001. Charles E. Gribble Margaret Dimitrova Predrag Matejic “Slovo o Aleksandru Trojanskom u Veleš- Aksiniia Dzhurova Matthew Romaniello kom zborniku.” Zbornik Matice srpske Tania D. Ivanova Kristina Toland za filologiju i lingvistiku XLIII:143-147. Mariyana Tsibranska-Kostova Columbus, Ohio Pereswetoff-Morath, Alexander. Elena Kotseva 2001. “‘And Was Jerusalem Builded Trendafil KrÍstanov Kosta and Sophie Papich Here...?’ On the Textual History of the Sla- Anisava Miltenova Barberton, Ohio vonic Jerusalem Disputation.” Scando- Blagoi Shklifov Tatiana Slavova Tatiana Nikolova-Houston Slavica 47:19-38. Lora Taseva Houston, Texas Rock, Stella. 2001. “What’s in a Khristo Temelski Word?: A Historical Study of the Con- Ilija Velev Mariana Dimitrova cept Dvoeverie.” Canadian-American Marija Yovcheva Spokane, Washington May 2002 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage 11

Bogdan and Marie Topolski childbirth, for example, in Slavicus RECENT Monroe, Michigan Granatensis, a 17th-century East Slavic CONTRIBUTORS convolute kept in Spain (see CMH #8, Syeng-Mann Yoo pp. 5, 10). In two parts written by dif- TO HILANDAR Ounje Choo ferent hands, this manuscript has a rich Kyungki-Do, Korea collection of prayers for mothers and FUND Slavophilia.com newborns. What is remarkable is their We would like to take this opportunity combination with several prayers for Mitchell and Violet Zunich pollution, a fact that confirms that the to acknowledge and thank the following in- Amherst, Ohio dividuals for their generous support: two cycles had similar semantics for the scribes and explains once again Virginia Brown Contributions support the HRL/RCMSS why some prayers for a polluted ves- Toronto, Canada in its efforts to promote medieval Slavic stud- sel were used for a mother after child- ies. All gifts are tax deductible to the extent birth. Frederick and Milica Brust the law allows. Checks should be made pay- Thus, an advantage of working in Columbus, Ohio able to The Ohio State University - indicate the HRL is the possibility to examine HRL/RCMSS in the memo section. every manuscript as a whole entity, Mihailo and Biljana Budjevac considering the particular texts in Alexandria, Virginia context. This approach secures the ex- traction of much more and sometimes Miodrag and Mirjana Dragich unexpected information. For ex- Fort Myers, Florida † In Memoriam: ample, while I was looking for pre- baptismal prayers in Hilandar #167 (15th century), I encountered a cycle Dongsoo and Kyunghee Li Jeon Esther N. Clarke McLean, Virginia of five St. Tryphon prayers against field pests. Moreover, the rite begins Michael Kvocka with the service to St. Tryphon and Janice Zunich Katic has as the sixth and last prayer, St. Schererville, Indiana Paul’s prayer against snake-biting fol- lowed by a snake charm consisting Ann Kleimola of words unintelligible to Slavic and Lincoln, Nebraska Greek speakers. St. Paul’s prayer was HRL Journal, continued from page 8 included in this rite because, first, in David Edward Kos some of St. Tryphon’s prayers, scor- Pickerington, Ohio is preserved of the pre-baptismal rites pions and snakes are mentioned in Vatican Borg.Illir.15. These two manu- among dangerous animals, and, sec- Zoran and Annette Milkovich scripts turned out to be of great signifi- ond, the episode of St. Paul with the cance for my investigation: SGU.1292, snake from the Acts of Apostles is Teaneck, New Jersey th Matching Gift: a 16 -century East Slavic Trebnik, the mentioned not only in St. Paul’s The Chase Manhattan Foundation colophon of which informs us that this prayer but also in the first prayer of book is a result of the work of Metro- St. Tryphon. Finally, it should be George and Geraldine Ostich politan Cyprian; and BMZP. 34B, a 16th- added that after the text of the rite, is Barberton, Ohio century Trebnik, found in the Biblioteka drawn a small ornamental snake. Muzeum Narodowego Ziemi Przemyskiej Further, while working with the pre- Milenko and Mitzy Radojevich of Poland. At the end of the Pravilo baptismal prayers in the Trebnik con- Woodhaven, Michigan molebno to the Theotokos, there is a volute, Hilandar #172, I found two im- note that the manuscript was copied portant marginal notes dating to the 18th (s”pisano) from Greek books by Met- century. The first of them, at the end of Charles and Cynthia Snell ropolitan Cyprian; there are traces of a the baptismal rites, before the prayers Melbourne, Florida Middle Bulgarian protograph in its East for the 40th day, is rare for Trebniks: it In Honor of the 50th anniversary of the Slavic orthography. The prayer is close ordination of V. Rev. Dr. Mateja Matejic says that according to the old custom, to the text in Hilandar #629 and #170. In the priest should be presented with a Ray and Milana Suput terms of baptismal texts, Borg.Illir.15 gift of two doves or other small birds, is richer, but the Vatican codex has many Columbus, Ohio ïîïó äàðü äâà ïòåíöà ãîëóáèíà èëè more East Slavic language elements than äâà ãðúëè÷èùà òàêî åñ äðåâíàãî… This the manuscript in Poland. Mildred Terzic is a quotation from Luke 2:24. The note This prayer also frequently appears after the rite for the 40th day following Westmont, Illinois th Matching Gift: in 17 -century East Slavic Trebniks as a childbirth gives the name of the scribe David L. Babson & Company prayer for those women who attended a - Priest Stojan. Ñàìî Ñëîãà Ñðáèíà Ñïàñàâà!/“Only Unity Will Save the Serbs!”

Serbian cilim (circa 1880s). Gift of Harold M. Keshishian, Trustee Emeritus of the Textile Museum and member of family oriental rug firm of Mark Keshishian & Sons, Inc., Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Keshishian family www.orientalcarpets.net. Mr. Keshishian, a friend of Washington D.C.’s Serbian commu- nity through his association with Louis Guy Michael, noted that his first lessons in the history and art of Serbian cilims came from Constantin Fotitch, a long-time family friend. (See CMH #8, page 2.) Our thanks to Gayle Strege, Curator of the OSU Historic Costume and Textiles Collection, and her staff for preparing the rug for permanent exhibit in the HRL.

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