Old Church Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic is the language of some Eastern Orthodox churches. It was the first Slavic language for writing literature. It was made by the priestly brothers Saints Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century.
| Old Church Slavonic | ||||
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| Old Church Slavic ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ ⰧⰈⰟⰊⰍⰟ словѣ́ньскъ ѩꙁꙑ́къ slověnĭskŭ językŭ | ||||
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| Native to | formerly in Slavic areas, under the influence of Byzantium (both Catholic and Orthodox) | |||
| Region | ||||
| Era | 9th–11th centuries; then evolved into several variants of Church Slavonic | |||
| Language family | ||||
| Writing system | Glagolitic, Cyrillic | |||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-1 | cu | |||
| ISO 639-2 | chu | |||
| ISO 639-3 | chu
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| Linguasphere | 53-AAA-a | |||
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Old Church Slavonic Media
Example of the Cyrillic alphabet: excerpt from the manuscript Vidin Miscellany, written in Middle Bulgarian, 1360
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet variant by Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, attributed to Saint Cyril and Methodius, 16th century
- Triod'cvetnaja
The Introduction of the Slavonic Liturgy in Great Moravia (1912), by Alphonse Mucha, The Slav Epic
Folio 7 of the 10th-century Glagolitic Kiev Missal, written in the Moravian recension
"Simeon I of Bulgaria, the Morning Star of Slavonic Literature" (1923), by Alphonse Mucha, The Slav Epic
The Bulgarian Codex Suprasliensis is one of the earliest extant Cyrillic manuscripts, dating back to the mid-900s.
Prague Glagolitic Fragments
Humac tablet (10th–11th century)
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Related pages
- Kievan Rus
- Eastern Europe
- Byzantine Empire
- Tsardom of Russia
- Oriental Orthodoxy
- Eastern Orthodox Church
Old Church Slavonic New Testament manuscript
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Old Church Slavonic edition. |
