Inventing Slavonic: Cultures of Writing Between Rome and Constantinople

by Mirela Ivanova

Few alphabets in the world are actively celebrated, and none more so than the Slavonic. Annually across Eastern Europe, the alphabet and its inventors, Cyril and Methodios, are celebrated with parades, concerts, liturgical services, and public addresses by presidents, ministers, and mayors. Inventing Slavonic: Cultures of Writing Between Rome and Constantinople offers a new reading of the invention of the Slavonic alphabet and its implications. Its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198891504
• ISBN13: 9780198891505
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"