Bojana Palimpsest

Bojana Palimpsest
Боянское Евангелие
Page of the manuscript
Size16 x 18 cm
Created1036-1044
Discovered1840s
Bulgaria
Discovered byViktor Grigorovich
Present locationRussian State Library
IdentificationF. 87 No. 8 / M. 1690
LanguageOld Bulgarian, Old Church Slavonic

The Bojana Palimpsest or Bojana Gospel (Russian: Боянское Евангелие) is an 11th-century Old Church Slavonic manuscript, originally written in a Glagolitic manuscript.[1] In the 13th century, the Glagolitic text was removed, and the parchment was reused to write a Cyrillic gospel.[2]

  1. ^ Miklas, Heinz; Hürner, Dana (2015). "A Numerical Approach For Dating And Localising Glagolitic-Old Church Slavonic Documents On Graphemic Grounds" (PDF). kpfu.ru. University of Vienna.
  2. ^ МИЛЕВ, Александър. "Основни схващания за произхода на двете старобългарски азбуки". bulgariamakedonia.net. Retrieved 2023-06-23.