ON THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORY: COPIES AND REVISIONS OF PAISII HILANDARSKI’S TEXT

Abstract

This paper offers a concise check-list of the extant copies of Istorija slavenobolgarskaja (Slavo-Bulgarian History) (1762) by monk Paisii Hilendarski. The check-list includes information on the time and place of origin of the manuscript copies, their most recent shelf numbers (signaturae) in the libraries and archives where they are kept and their affiliation to text families. Digital copies of most of them are available in the National Database of Manuscript Copies of Paisii Hilendarski’s Istorija slavenobolgarskaja affiliated with Neophyte of Rila Southwestern University in Blagoevgrad.