Did you know that alongside numerous unique Slavic written sources, the funds of the Russian State Library store some 1,000 ancient Bulgarian manuscripts? Here is chief paleographer, Prof. Marina Krutova from the “Manuscripts” department with more about them: “One of the oldest manuscripts of Bulgarian origin is the Slepchanski Apostle, written on parchment and dated to the end of the 12th century. All of its pages are palimpsest – i.e. written over erased Greek text, a collection of the lives of saints. The Apostle …read more
Source: Radio Bulgaria
