Cyrillic medieval and early modern manuscripts behind the Slavonic world have been given less attention by scholars, and researchers on the region prefer to publish articles, not in English, but in the different Slavic languages. For example, during the International medieval congress in Leeds in 2021, there were 112 papers dedicated to Latin texts, 21 to Greek, and only 3 to Slavonic. Sometimes there is a problem of terminology: to find correct English terms fitted to Latin (Western) manuscripts that should reflect the specific features of Cyrillic manuscripts. The union catalogue of Cyrillic manuscripts in Britain and Ireland by Ralph M. Cleminson (1988) with other studies of the same author became the standard for the English-speaking scientific community on the topic. The modern focus in research is shifting from catalogue descriptions to social and material history, from the textuality to the functions of a book as a specific medium. The production of the manuscripts in the Cyrillic world during the medieval period was in constant change. It adopted Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Arabic cultural traditions. Such new tendencies in the research of Cyrillic manuscripts are not well represented in the English-speaking international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In geographical perspectives beyond the Balkans and Eastern Europe, where Cyrillic script was used for the creation of books and documents in the medieval and early modern period, Slavonic codices migrated to the West, and are now stored around the world. This volume will be useful for libraries wherever Cyrillic manuscripts are preserved by describing and presenting their contents for the international community of scholars who study Cyrillic manuscripts to find the points for cooperation and further research. The main topics are Cyrillic manuscript mainly of the period around 1000-1600 with the studies of their migrations, descriptions, researches, and digitalizing up to the 21st<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Balkan History Association invite you to submit papers referring to: material aspects of Cyrillic manuscripts<\/strong> (paleography, codicology, problems of catalogue description, early watermarks, binding, digitalizing process in the 21st<\/sup> century); visuality: illuminating and decoration<\/strong> (initials, head-pieces, borders, end-pieces, paragraphs, script as specific visuality); textuality<\/strong> (intros and colophons, maniculae, culture of reading, writing and early printing, text and image); migrations and collections<\/strong> (manuscripts\u2019 change of place during their owners\u2019 travels, wars and conflicts, collecting movements of the 19th<\/sup>-20th<\/sup> centuries, scientific expeditions, auctions, modern libraries, today\u2019s collections of Cyrillic manuscripts); fragmentology<\/strong> (separation and damaging of codices, fragments in bindings, separated fragments, hypothetical and digital reconstruction of manuscripts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Submission procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The volume will be published by Peter Lang (in the series \u201cSouth-East European History<\/a>\u201d). Original manuscripts should be prepared following the editorial guide of Peter Lang available on its website<\/a>, especially \u201cStyle Guidelines \u2013 British English<\/a>\u201d and \u201cSubmission Guidelines<\/a>\u201c. Manuscripts must not have been published, submitted for publication or available on the internet elsewhere. Interdisciplinary work is particularly welcome. Please submit your proposal, including the title of your manuscript, an abstract (up to 300 words), and an author\u2019s biography (up to 100 words) to all editors. The abstract should include the research question and purpose, the approach and main ideas, and results. No figures, tables, footnotes, or endnotes should be included in the abstract. Articles should not exceed 8,000 words in length including footnotes and references (reference list or bibliography).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deadlines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 17, 2023: Submission of the proposals to editors Editors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Viacheslav Lytvynenko<\/strong> (Charles University, Prague), vyacheslav.lytvynenko@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ma\u0142gorzata Skowronek<\/strong> (University of Lodz), skowronek.malgo@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dimiter Peev<\/strong> (University of Jena), dimitter@yahoo.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ivana Bezrukova<\/strong> (Institute for the Serbian Language, SASA, Belgrade), ivanamcancar@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boban Petrovski<\/strong> (Institute of History, UKIM, Skopje), boban@fzf.ukim.edu.mk<\/p>\n\n\n\n James Joshua Pennington<\/strong> (Balkan History Association), joshosu25@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dejan Ivkovi\u0107<\/strong> (University of Toronto), dejan.lj.ivkovic@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n Izvor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
April 24, 2023: Notification of accepted proposals
July 17, 2023: Receipt of final chapters for peer-review
July 24, 2023: Revised chapters re-submitted to editors<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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