VOL. 59, BOOK 1, PART А, 2021, pp. 11-29 Full text (Bg)
Author:
Lilia Ilieva, Margaret Dimitrova
Affiliation: Neofit Rilski Southwestern University, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia
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.
Key words: Bulgarian catholics, seventeenth century, school, bosanchica,
Illyrian language
