Palaeoslavica XIV/2005 and Supplementum 2

[Olga Strakhov]

Dear colleagues!
         We are glad to announce the publication of Volume XIV/2006 of the 
Palaeoslavica: The international Journal for the Study of Slavic Medieval 
Literature, History, Language and Ethnology.

Volume XIV (2006) contains Elena Ukhanova's study of one of the most 
gorgeous early Slavic manuscripts, the Mstislavovo Evangelie, and its place 
in the culture of 11th-12th century Old Rus; Liudmila Gnatenko's article on 
the paleography and orthography of the Kievan Lavrskoe Evangelie of the 
14th century; Vera Chentsova's article on the historical context of a 
famous petition written by Metropolitan Theophanos of Paleopatras in 1645 
urging the Tsar to open a Greek School and Greek Printing House in Moscow. 
The Publications section presents "Slovo ot knig sv. Isikhiia" after the 
12th-13th century manuscript (publ. and comm. by O. Strakhov); a few 
documents of the 17th century from the Russian North (publ. and comm. by L. 
Astakhina) and Siberia (publ. and comm. by L. Gorodilova); and a number of 
large publications of folkloric material from modern records. The article 
by A. Strakhov in the Speculum section discusses controversial questions 
surrounding Old Russian and Church Slavonic orthography. The Miscellanea 
section contains articles and notes by A. Danylenko, M. Lobanov, etc.
         For a detailed Table of Contents,  see 
http://palaeoslavica.com/_wsn/page3.html

      Supplementum 2 to volume XIV of Palaeoslavica presents Anne-Laurence 
Caudano's book, 'Let There Be Lights in the Firmament of the Heaven': 
Cosmological Depictions in Early Rus.
      The book by Anne-Laurence Caudano is a detailed study of written, 
artistic and archaeological representations of heaven and celestial bodies 
in Early Rus, from the tenth to the end of the thirteenth centuries. It 
consists of an introduction, six chapters divided into two sections, and a 
conclusion.
         For a detailed description of the book, see 
http://palaeoslavica.com/_wsn/page5.html
         For a pricelist and method of payment, see 
http://palaeoslavica.com/index.html

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