''Abagar'' ("Абагар") is a
breviary by the
Bulgarian Roman Catholic Bishop of
Nikopol Filip Stanislavov Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip.
In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given names in the 2000s.
Notable people with the name include:
; Given name
* Filip Barović (born 1990), Monten ...
printed in
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
in 1651. It is regarded as the first printed book in modern
Bulgarian
Bulgarian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
. The language of the breviary is a specific blend of modern Bulgarian and
Church Slavonic with
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...
influences, that was used in writing by the
Catholics from
Chiprovtsi
Chiprovtsi ( bg, Чипровци, pronounced ) is a small town in northwestern Bulgaria, administratively part of Montana Province. It lies on the shores of the river Ogosta in the western Balkan Mountains, very close to the Bulgarian-Serbian b ...
, Bulgaria, in the period. Unlike many other works of the Bulgarian Roman Catholics, it was printed in
Cyrillic and not
Latin
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.
The book is named after the
apocryphal message of
King Abgar to
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...
that was included. A total of six copies of the book are preserved, only one of which in Bulgaria, housed in the
SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...
. The first phototype issue of the book was published in 1905 by the Russian Kuzinsky. The first Bulgarian one followed in 1926 by Vasil Pundev and the one by Bozhidar Raykov was printed in 1979. It was not until 2001 that an edition translated to standard modern Bulgarian (by Kiril Kabakchiev) was published.
References
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* Ambrosiani, P
Copies of Filip Stanislavov's Abagar (Rome, 1651) — Scripta & e-Scripta, 14–15 (2015), 63–71.
Bulgarian books
1651 books
Catholic Church in Bulgaria
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