Cyril Pavlikianov, A Recently Discovered Slavic Nomocanonical Compilation from Mount Athos (1560–1580): Parallel Edition of the Slavic Text and Its Greek Sources.

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A recently discovered Slavic nomocanonical compilation from Mount Athos dating to 1560–1580 exists and is derived from identifiable Greek sources. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Georgi Parpulov

doi:10.17879/byzrev-2026-10263

September 1, 2026Open Access

Cyril Pavlikianov, A Recently Discovered Slavic Nomocanonical Compilation from Mount Athos (1560–1580): Parallel Edition of the Slavic Text and Its Greek Sources.

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Key Points

To provide a critical parallel edition of a newly discovered Slavic nomocanonical compilation produced on Mount Athos between 1560 and 1580 alongside its Greek source texts.
Philological transcription and comparative textual analysis of a sixteenth-century Slavic legal manuscript preserved on Mount Athos.
Parallel collation and structural alignment of the Slavic canonical entries with their original Byzantine and post-Byzantine Greek sources.
Presentation of a comprehensive 295-page bilingual edition documenting monastic jurisprudence and ecclesiastical law during the Ottoman era.
Demonstration of direct textual dependency and selective translation practices between Greek canonical collections and late sixteenth-century Slavic redactions.

Implication

Textual analysis reveals a sixteenth-century Slavic nomocanonical compilation alongside Greek sources on Mount Athos, highlighting cross-cultural canonical transmission.

Abstract

Cyril Pavlikianov, A Recently Discovered Slavic Nomocanonical Compilation from Mount Athos (1560–1580): Parallel Edition of the Slavic Text and Its Greek Sources. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press 2025. 295 pp. – ISBN 978-954-07-6161-9

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