Palaeoslavica (ISSN 1070-5465): vol. 18: no. 1-2 (2010)

[Olga Strakhov]

Dear Colleagues,


The vol. 18, no.1-2 (303 pp., 313 pp.) for  2010 of *Palaeoslavica:
International
Journal for the Study of Slavic Medieval Literature, History, Language and
Ethnology* is now available.



No. 1 of Palaeoslavica XVIII consists of four sections.

The *Articles* section contains a study by A. Antropov discussing the origin
and meaning of certain names for ‘rainbow’ in Belorussian; an article by I.
Barclay investigates the historical toponomy of the Tver’ province; an
article by A. Selin presents a list of Novgorodian personal names used in
the beginning of the 17th c.; a posthumous article by I. Ševčenko (together
with O. Strakhov) discusses the translation of the fourteenth-century
Byzantine poet Manuel Philes by Evfimii Chudovskii, a 17th-century Muscovite
monk; an article by S. Shestak discusses systems of calendar bans among the
Don Cossacks; an article by E. Samodelova analyzes the Russian regional
tradition of telling fairy tales. The *Publications* section presents the *Vita
of St. Nicholas the Studite* in Nil Sorskii's autograph (publ. and comm. by T.
Lønngren) and modern records mythologizing the local river in the region of
Ust’-Tsil’ma (publ. and comm. by T. Kaneva). The *Speculum* section contains
an article by the late I. Ševčenko discussing the notion of *originality* in
Byzantium and some new readings of obscure passages in birch-bark letters №№
69, 119, 349, 368, provided by A. Strakhov. The *Miscellanea* section
contains notes by L. Samsonova and G. Lopatin.

No. 2 of Palaeoslavica XVII also consists of four sections.

In the *Articles* section G. Parpulov presents a catalogue of pre-1650
Cyrillic mss. in public collections located in the U.S.; an article by V.
Chentsova contains new materials about Hieromonk Antonios of Xeropotamou; an
article by A. Strakhov analyzes superstitions and beliefs concerning Good
Friday in connection with a "regular" calendar Friday. The
*Publications*section continues T.
Vilkul’s publication of “Alexandria” after the Trinity Laura copy of the *
Chronograph* from the beginning of the 15th c.; the section also contains an
inventory of icons and church utensils in the Siberian Mangazeya of 1680
(publ. by L. Gorodilova); a publication by G. Lopatin presents the
repertoire of an outstanding Belorussian folk teller V. Gretskaia. In the *
Speculum* section O. Strakhov and T. Lønngren argue with some recent
scholarly publications by A. Gippius and K. Åkerman Sarkisian, respectively.
The *Miscellanea* section contains notes by I. Ševčenko and N. Samsonov.

 For a complete Table of Contents see http://www.palaeoslavica.com/id3.html

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