Work Programme
Stage 1
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TASKS |
PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS |
DURATION (MONTHS) |
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WP 1 - Project Management |
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1-18 |
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1.1 1. Coordination of scientific and technical activities and monitoring of the project implementation, organization of workshops. 2. Administrative and financial management of the project. 3. Coordination of the project implementation stages with the Research Fund and submission of reporting materials. |
Veselka Zhelyazkova Marco Scarpa Desislava Paneva-Marinova Radoslav Pavlov |
1-18 |
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1.2 Establishing research contacts with library collections where manuscripts relevant to the project are preserved: - Bulgaria: The National Library “Ss Cyril and Methodius”, Scientific Archive of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia; National Library "Ivan Vazov" - Plovdiv, etc.; - Serbia: Serbian National Library, Belgrade; Library of the Serbian Patriarchate, Belgrade; Matica Srbska, Novi Sad. - Mount Athos: libraries of the monasteries of Zograf, Hilandar, St. Pantaleimon, Great Lavra; - Russia: State Historical Museum – Moscow; Russian State Library – Moscow; Russian National Library - St. Petersburg; - Vatican: Vatican Apostolic Library, etc. |
Veselka Zhelyazkova Marco Scarpa Iva Trifonova |
7-18 |
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WP 2 - Creation of new scientific models for the interpretation of the development of Cyrillic script in South Slavic lands from its creation (9th century) to the century of the richest medieval literary production (14th century). |
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1-18 |
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2.1 Collection of specialized scientific literature concerning the history of the Cyrillic script in the period from the 9th to the 14th centuries, mainly focused on the South Slavic territories.
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Vasya Velinova Marco Scarpa Iva Trifonova Tsetomira Danova Veselka Zhelyazkova Elisaveta Musakova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova |
1-6 |
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2.2 Scholarly discussion with specialists in Slavic, Greek and Latin palaeography from around the world, as well as holding the necessary online workshops
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Vasya Velinova Marco Scarpa Iva Trifonova Tsetomira Danova Veselka Zhelyazkova Elisaveta Musakova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova Cheti Traini Milena Davidović Marta Riparante Constanta Burlacu Ielena Slavković Aleksa Karaić Justyna Dopierała |
7-18 |
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2.3 Research, development and application of new models and tools for the analysis, understanding and interpretation of the history of the Cyrillic alphabet from the 9th to the 14th centuries with regard to the South Slavic territories. |
Marco Scarpa Elisaveta Musakova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova Milena Davidović Marta Riparante |
7-18 |
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2.4 Organisation of scientific forums during the project and presentation of its results through lectures at universities in Bulgaria and abroad, in cities where libraries collaborating in the project are located, and at international scientific forums (e.g. Congress of Slavists in Paris (2025) and/or others).
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Vasya Velinova Marco Scarpa Iva Trifonova Tsetomira Danova Veselka Zhelyazkova Elisaveta Musakova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova Cheti Traini Milena Davidović Marta Riparante Constanta Burlacu |
6-18 |
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WP 3 - Archaeographic study of already published materials with a view to creating a consolidated catalogue of important Slavonic manuscripts from the 10th-14th centuries. |
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1-18 |
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3.1 1. Archaeographic study of the manuscript sources cited in the scientific literature as the most representative for the evolution of the Cyrillic script in the period under study. 2. Selection and cataloguing of the necessary visual material cited in the scientific literature.
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Marco Scarpa Vasya Velinova Elisaveta Musakova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova Milena Davidović Marta Riparante Constanta Burlacu Jelena Slavković Aleksa Karaijć Justyna Dopierała |
1-6 |
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3.2 1. Searching for South Slavic manuscripts from the X-XIV centuries in all existing papers and online catalogues covering the Slavic manuscript heritage. 2. Compiling a catalogue of the retrieved manuscript evidence using the digital infrastructure of the Kopisti XIV project database, with possible reference to features of the writing noted in the literature. 3. Collection of visual material published in catalogues and palaeographic albums. |
Marco Scarpa
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7-18 |
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WP 4 - Study of the necessary information from Greek epigraphic and manuscript monuments characterizing the time up to the first appearances of the Cyrillic script |
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13-18 |
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4.1 A collection of photographs of epigraphic and manuscript Greek monuments from the 9th century in the Balkans to illustrate the state of writing practices in the region.
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Marco Scarpa Iva Trifonova Cheti Traini Milena Davidović Marta Riparante Constanta Burlacu Jelena Slavković Aleksa Karaijć Justyna Dopierała |
13-16 |
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4.2 Paleographic analysis and comparison of the letter signs used in epigraphic and manuscript Greek and Slavonic monuments of the 9th-10th centuries using the methodology for handwriting description developed by the Kopisti XIV project. Comparison of the letter system used between Greek and Slavonic alphabets. |
Vasya Velinova Marco Scarpa Tsetomira Danova Veselka Zhelyazkova Elisaveta Musakova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova Cheti Traini Milena Davidović Marta Riparante Constanta Burlacu Ielena Slavković Aleksa Karaić Justyna Dopierała |
15-18 |
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WP 5 - Handling manuscripts in book repositories |
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13-18 |
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5.1 Where possible, check de visu in book repositories the data extracted from existing catalogues.
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Marco Scarpa Iva Trifonova Tsvetomira Danova Elisaveta Musakova Vasya Velinova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova Cheti Traini Milena Davidović Marta Riparante Constanta Burlacu Ielena Slavković Aleksa Karaić Justyna Dopierała
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13-16 |
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5.2 Selection of illustrative material from the manuscript written heritage for filming. |
Marco Scarpa Elisaveta Musakova Vasya Velinova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova |
15-18 |
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WP 6 - Scribes and Scriptoria |
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13-18 |
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6.1 Identify and study the writing characteristics of each known (or unknown by name) scribe in comparison with other scribes in the context of the history of the Cyrillic alphabet.
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Marco Scarpa Vasya Velinova Iva Trifonova Tsvetomira Danova Veselka Zhelyazkova Elisaveta Musakova Vasya Velinova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova Cheti Traini Milena Davidović Marta Riparante Constanta Burlacu Jelena Slavković Aleksa Karaijć Justyna Dopierała |
13-16 |
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6.2 A study of the personality of scribes and their creative activity. |
Marco Scarpa Vasya Velinova Iva Trifonova Tsvetomira Danova Veselka Zhelyazkova Elisaveta Musakova Vasya Velinova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova Cheti Traini Milena Davidović Marta Riparante Constanta Burlacu Jelena Slavković Aleksa Karaijć Justyna Dopierała |
13-18 |
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6.3 Organization of a summer school on Slavic palaeography. |
Marco Scarpa Vasya Velinova Iva Trifonova Tsvetomira Danova Veselka Zhelyazkova Elissaveta Moussakova Vasya Velinova Dilyana Radoslavova Petrova Bankova Cheti Traini Milena Davidović Marta Riparante Constanta Burlacu Jelena Slavković Aleksa Karaijć Justyna Dopierała Maksim Goinov Detelin Luchev |
13-18 |
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WP 7 - Design and creation of models, tools and instruments for preservation, research and web-access to digital resources and metadata on Slavic scribal practices in the 9th to 14th centuries |
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1-18 |
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7.1 Design and development of methods and tools for digital description/cataloguing of medieval Slavonic manuscripts, bibliographic records, scribes and letter. Formalization of knowledge.
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Desislava Paneva-Marinova Radoslav Pavlov Maksin Goinov Detelin Luchev Marco Scarpa Marta Riparante |
1-18 |
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7.2 Modeling and creation of technological components of preservation of digitized medieval Slavic manuscripts, bibliographic records, scribes and letter and metadata for them. Specification of requirements for digitization of medieval Slavonic manuscripts. Exploration of artificial intelligence tools for processing and enhancing digitized medieval Slavic manuscripts in order to support the extraction of new knowledge about them. |
Desislava Paneva-Marinova Radoslav Pavlov Maksin Goinov Detelin Luchev Marco Scarpa Constanta Burlacu Marta Riparante Jelena Slavković Aleksa Karaijć Justyna Dopierała |
12-18 |