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Магический текст на плинфе из Успенского собора Киево-Печерского монастыря
Russian Linguistics. 2024. Т. 48. Статья 22.
The author suggests a new interpretation of the inscription on a brick from the Dormition Cathedral of the Kiev Cave Monastery dated to the time of the construction of the cathedral (1073–1077). The previously proposed interpretations are rejected for linguistic reasons and because all of them were based on an incorrect assessment of the physical parameters of the brick. According to the proposed reconstruction, the text is magical and starts with a direct speech of a personified disease – a sore (zheloza). This interpretation makes it possible to connect the inscription with the illness of the Kiev prince Svyatoslav Yaroslavich, who died in 1076 from «сutting of a sore» and had a direct relation to the construction of the Dormition
Cathedral. Apart from that, other texts with magical content found among inscriptions on
Old Russian and Byzantine plinth are also considered in the paper.
Budennaya E., Русская речь 2026 Т. 4 С. 57–78
This study analyzes non-calendar and hypocoristic Christian names
within the Russian white clergy. It identifi es two active periods of name formation using Slavic hypocoristic suffi xes: the 11th — 14th centuries (peaking
in the 12th) and the 16th — 17th centuries.
The fi rst period is tied to the general adoption of Christian names, where
diminutive forms acted ...
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Budennaya E., Slovĕne 2026 Т. 1 С. 31–67
The article examines Old Russian anthroponyms with the suffix -ec-, originally conveying the meaning ‘less than X’. A diachronic corpus study of
11th–17th-century texts reveals that while this suffix lacked inherent pejorative
connotations in Old Russian sources, contextual (adherent) pejoration is clearly
observable. For pre-15th-century chronicles, two primary usage patterns are
identified—1) characters with explicit negative evaluation, and 2) ...
Added: October 11, 2026
Seleznev M., Луппова А. А., Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института 2026 Т. 18 № 1(57) С. 10–35
The story of the Tower of Babel (Gen 11:1-9) is one of the key episodes in the narratives of the Book of Genesis. In modern scholarship, various—often sharply divergent—datings of this pericope are proposed, as well as different interpretations of its place in the picture of the formation of the biblical text that was put ...
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Seleznev M., Луппова А. А., Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института 2026 Т. 18 № 2 (58) С. 322–349
Like other narratives in the Book of Genesis, the story of Cain and Abel (Gen 4:1–16) has been studied and commented upon for more than two millennia. However, recent scholarship has introduced significant revisions to traditional interpretations. Over the past five years, several monumental commentaries on Genesis 1–11 have been published, offering new—and sometimes mutually ...
Added: October 9, 2026
Seleznev M., Vestnik Drevnei Istorii 2026 Vol. 3 No. 86 P. 589–592
The article reconstructs the 'biography' of an alleged (in fact, non-existent) fragment of
4QDeutq said to contain a non-Masoretic reading of Deut 32 : 8. It traces how erroneous
references to the fragment emerged during the preliminary publication of the Scrolls in the
1950s, the scholarly attention this fragment received, its eventual disappearance from Qumran
studies after the official ...
Added: October 9, 2026
Ronko R., Тимофеева В. Д., Индоиранские языки 2026 Т. 2 № 2 С. 117–146
The paper is devoted to the variable number marking in Shughni
nouns and reports the results of corpus and experimental studies. In some languages,
including Shughni, the marking of plural nouns is not compulsory. Many
factors such as animacy, referentiality, morphological and semantic properties,
or syntactic position may determine the presence or absence of number marking.
The corpus study investigates ...
Added: October 8, 2026
Ronko R., Zemicheva S., Труды института русского языка им. В.В. Виноградова 2026 Т. 3 № 49 С. 133–149
In the dialects of the Russian-Belarusian borderland, the verb byt’ ‘to be’ in the present tense is represented by a set of short (e, ё) and full forms (ecть, ёсць, etc.). This article investigates the variability of these forms in the dialect corpus of the village of Spiridonova Buda (Zlynkovskij District, Bryansk Region) and in ...
Added: October 8, 2026
Ronko R., RHEMA. РЕМА 2026 № 1 С. 9–20
In the introductory article to the thematic volume devoted to grammatical research on the speech of several villages, the main linguistic-geographical information about the dialect is presented, along with a description of the key methodological principles for working with the material. The dialects under study belong to the group of the Pskov dialects and border ...
Added: October 8, 2026
Rezvykh P. V., Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Философия 2026 Т. 30 № 1 С. 127–143
The issue delivers an analysis of schellingian motives in the later works by A.F. Losev. The author brings information about Losev’s retrospective evaluation of Schelling’s influence on the formation of his own philosophical approach, it’s specific character and it’s grade. The author shows that all the main investigation projects of the later Losev which have ...
Added: October 7, 2026
Pershkina A., Slovĕne 2026 Т. 15 № 1 С. 174–192
The article newly presents archival materials from the Directorate of Imperial Theaters relative to the organization of a crocodile exhibition held in St. Petersburg Passage department store in the autumn of 1864, along with newspaper reports on the event. The close analysis of specific articles demonstrates that this exhibition served as the direct inspiration and ...
Added: October 5, 2026
Dezi A., Sesto San Giovanni: Mimesis, 2026.
This book is a metaphysical inquiry into the nature and origin of the manifold. Taking Schelling’s Erlangen lectures of 1820–1821 as its point of departure and hermeneutic horizon, it develops an interpretation of Nomos that transcends its political, juridical, and social determinations. Nomos thereby emerges as the ontological principle of an infinite, variegated multiplicity of ...
Added: October 2, 2026
Файзов Д., М.: Новое литературное обозрение, 2026.
Новая книга Д. Файзова пронизана голосами других поэтов. Речь не о расхожей постмодернистской центонности. Это микроинтертекстуальность на уровне конкретных слов и приемов, коллаж осколков чужих голосов, однако таких осколков, которые сохраняют способность отсылать к целому и к тому же вписаны — вклеены на манер аппликации — в узнаваемую интонацию самого поэта. Данил Файзов—поэт, культуртрегер, редактор. ...
Added: October 2, 2026
Vinogradov A., Rodionov O., Travaux et Memoires 2026 Vol. 30 No. 2 P. 1075–1089
This article examines the manuscript tradition of Kallistos Angelikoudes’ Hesychastic consolation, a fluid and complex corpus of thirty Logoi preserved primarily in Vat. gr. 736. The authors survey all known witnesses—including the autograph Barb. gr. 420, the Lond. Arund. 520, and several later copies—and analyze their textual relationships, variant readings, and codicological features. They demonstrate ...
Added: October 1, 2026
Громенко Е. С., Krongauz M., Антропологический форум 2026 № 70 С. 163–183
The paper describes the construction litso takoy-to natsionalnosti ‘a person of such-and-such an ethnicity’ in Russian with its semantic and pragmatic characteristics. The purpose of the study is to trace the appearance of the construction and analyse how it is used and how it is perceived. Three expressions representing this construction are considered in more ...
Added: September 30, 2026
Артамонов Ю. А., Gippius A., Древняя Русь. Вопросы медиевистики 2025 С. 24–42
The article continues a series of publications on Slavonic-Russian graffiti from the 11th–15th centuries found in the St. Sophia Cathedral (Hagia Sophia) of Constantinople. The reader is offered a description of nine inscriptions identified and recorded in 2008–2009 in the northern gallery. ...
Added: March 1, 2026
Bochkor A., Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Серия 12: Социология 2025 Т. 18 № 2 С. 229–241
The present study aims to explore the complex relationship between magic and religion in contemporary Russian society. Sociological studies acknowledge the challenge in differentiat-ing between the two spheres and uses a variety of approaches to define the boundary between magic and religion. However, the Russian Orthodox Church views magic as a distinct practice from religion ...
Added: February 12, 2026
Пузанов Д. В., Ученые записки Казанского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки 2021 Т. 163 № 6 С. 168–178
Оружие в представлении северных германцев имело способность самостоятельно воздействовать на окружающий мир. Этот факт исследователи интерпретируют как свидетельство того, что норманны считали оружие близким к категории живых существ. В работе показано, что многие акторные характеристики оружия в верованиях северных германцев удачнее всего объясняются через концепт «биографии» предметов, в то время как конструкция «частично одушевленного» оружия ...
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Cherkashina A., Lyavdansky A., Rashid D., , in: From Moscow to Baghdad: Studies on Middle Eastern Christianity in Memory of Nikolai Seleznyov.: Brill, 2026. P. 389–455.
This article explores examples of influence from the Arabic magical traditions, both Christian and Muslim, that can be found in modern Syriac magical manuscripts. The following aspects of Arabic influence are discussed: visual elements (diagonal writing, kharaktēres, pseudo-Arabic script), terminology, texts containing Arabic formulae, magical practices, angels and demons (Gabriel and Michael, Tebʿā), and magic ...
Added: May 1, 2025
Gippius A., Щеголькова Е. Ю., В кн.: Росписи Георгиевского собора Юрьева монастыря: археология и искусство.: М.: ИА РАН, 2024. Гл. 3 С. 452–541.
Настоящий каталог содержит описание 100 надписей-граффити, читающихся на фрагментах фресок из алтарной части Георгиевского собора Юрьева монастыря и раскрытых в ходе архитектурно-археологических работ, проводимых в стенах этого храма Институтом археологии РАН в 2014-2015 гг. В публикации приводятся фотографии и схемы с изображениями фрагментов, тексты и переводы наиболее значимых и уверенно интерпретируемых надписей XII-XV вв., из которых каждая сопровождается исследовательским комментарием, ...
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Minov S., , in: La religion populaire des chrétiens de tradition syriaque (Études syriaques 19).: P.: Librairie orientaliste Paule Geuthner S. A., 2024. P. 431–447.
The publication provides a comprehensive bibliography on popular religion, including magic and divination, among Syriac Christians. ...
Added: November 19, 2024
Minov S., , in: La religion populaire des chrétiens de tradition syriaque (Études syriaques 19).: P.: Librairie orientaliste Paule Geuthner S. A., 2024. P. 307–348.
In what follows, I provide a description of the contours of the magical discourse in relation to popular religion, as evidenced in the corpus of textual sources produced by Syriac Christians. Initially, I offer a brief excursus into the vocabulary and taxonomy of magic and divination in Syriac. This is followed by the main section, ...
Added: November 19, 2024
Minov S., , in: La religion populaire des chrétiens de tradition syriaque (Études syriaques 19).: P.: Librairie orientaliste Paule Geuthner S. A., 2024. P. 247–272.
This contribution offers a preliminary survey of the diverse contexts and means through which veneration of saints among Syriac Christians interacted with the lives of ordinary believers, influencing their religious practices and worldviews, and, in turn, undergoing changes as a result of their agency. However, given the scarcity of regional and period-specific studies on the ...
Added: November 19, 2024
Litvina A., Uspenskij F., Авдеев А. Г., Ипатьевский вестник 2023 № 2 С. 161–173
The paper for the first time publishes a white stone tombstone from the Godunov family tomb in the Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery (Kostroma). The restored text of the epitaph suggests that it indicates a representative of the Godunov family, the son of Iosif (Asan) Dmitrievich Godunov, who had two secular christian names — the baptismal ...
Added: December 2, 2023
Gippius A., Studi Slavistici 2023 Т. 20 № 1 С. 5–20
The article analyses the Glagolitic prayer on the lead amulet published by K. Popkonstantinov
and H. Miklas in 2009. A new reading of the central phrase is proposed based on the parallels in
Novgorod birchbark documents. In the second part of the article, the Varna amulet and artefacts of
its circle are compared with the birchbark documents about ...
Added: September 26, 2023