THE LETTER OF 1658 BY CHIPROVTSI CITIZENS TO THE POPE: AN ANALYSIS AND FACSIMILE EDITION

Abstract

This paper analyses – on the basis of the surviving documents – the context in which in September of 1658, citizens of Chiprovtsi sent a letter to the pope asking him to secure the salary for the teacher in their catholic school Ivan Lilov/Lilich. A facsimile edition of the document written in Venetian Cyrillic in Illyrian is provided, accompanied by a translation into present-day standard Bulgarian.