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The Physiologus: The Oldest (Alexandrian) Recension and its Slavonic Translations
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The Physiologus: The Oldest (Alexandrian) Recension and its Slavonic Translations
Language: Bulgarian with English summary
Category: Old Bulgarian Literature
The Physiologus is a popular theological work which presents the basic Christian dogmas in an accessible form, through entertaining stories about the lives and natures of real and fabulous animals, plants and stones. It is debatable when it was written, since, on one hand, the earliest Greek manuscript in which it survives dates to the tenth century, but, on the other, quotations from and references to its text are found in the works of some early Christian writers. Today it is assumed that the Physiologus originally appeared in Greek in the late second or early third century CE in Alexandria. Already in the following centuries, it was translated into Latin, Coptic, Ethiopic, Arabic, Syriac, Armenian and Georgian, and subsequently, into vernacular European languages. The Latin translations of the Physiologus became the basis of the bestiaries that would enjoy widespread popularity in mediaeval Western European literatures. Although made later than the other translations into different languages, the Old Bulgarian translation of the Physiologus is no less valuable: not only as part of the earliest history of the old Orthodox Slavic literatures but also because it has preserved many of the specific features of its mediaeval Greek original.
Table of contents
Preface
The Greek Physiologus and its Slavonic tradition
First (Old Bulgarian) translation
Second (Middle Bulgarian) translation
Chapters of Greek radaction β (‘s’) and of both Slavonic translations
Text edition
1. Lion
2. Lizard
3. Caladrius
4. Pelican
5. Owl
6. Eagle
7. Phoenix
8. Hoopoe
9. Onager
10. Viper
11. Snake
12. Ant
13. Sirens and onocentaurs
14. Hedgehog
15. Fox
16. Panther
17. Whale
18. Partridge
19. Vulture
20. Ant-lion
21. Weasel
22. Unicorn
23. Beaver
[Hyena]
24. Enudris
25. Ichneumon
26. Crow
27. Turtledove
28. Frog
29. Deer
30. Salamander
31. Diamond
32. Swallow
33. Peridexion
34. Doves
35. Antelope
36. Fire-stone
37. Magnet
38. Saw-fish
39. Three children
40. Ibis
41. Gaselle
42. Diamond
43. Elephant
44. Agate and pearl
45. Donkey and ape
46. Indian stone
47. Heron
48. Sycamore
Appendix: Edition of manuscript S
Manuscripts
Bibliography
English summary
| Details | |
| Publisher | Boyan Penev |
| Language | Bulgarian with summary in English |
| Pages | 240 |
| Illustrations | - |
| Binding | paperback |
| ISBN | 978-619-7372-76-2 |
| Creation date | 2024 |
| Size | 16 х 24 cm |
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