PALAEOSLAVICA International Journal for the Study of Slavic Medieval Literature, History, Language and Ethnology P.O.Box 380863 Cambridge, MA 02238-0863 U.S.A. e-mail: palaeoslavica@gmail.com ISSN - 1070-5465 Volume I/1993, 262 pp. (sold out). The first volume of Palaeoslavica contains articles on the following topics: the ethnogenesis and culture of the ancient Slavs (O. Trubachev); the East Slavic expressions чур; чур меня; (за)чураться, their origin and history in East Slavic languages and dialects (A. Strakhov); the influence of the Estonian epos about Kalev on the Russian epical tradition concerning Kolyvan (F.J. Oinas); the couvade in the Russian Old Believers manuscript (A. Strakhov). The Publications of Texts section presents the article about life and activity of Petr Postnikov, a first Russian doctor, and the publication of his Oration on Christmas (N. Zapol'skaia); the publication of the 17th-century inventory of Greek books and manuscripts (O. Strakhova), and the modern records of the superstitions and beliefs attested in Belorussia and Ukraine (A. Strakhov, L. Heretz). The Speculum section suggests new readings of birch-bark documents (NNº 19, 266, 439, 589; A Strakhov). Volume II/1994, 357 pp. (sold out). The second issue of Palaeoslavica contains articles on the following topics: adverbs ending in -ь in East Slavic languages (P. Sigalov); the relationship between folklore and history (F.J. Oinas), the cult of St. Nicholas (A. Strakhov), and the literary polemics in the aftermath of the Time of Troubles (L. Heretz). The Publications of Texts section presents the text of the Putivl' boundary book (1628-29; L. Astakhina); a new version of the Life of St. Aleksii, Metopolitan of Kiev and All Rus' (O. Strakhova); a new version of the bylina "Starets Igrenishcha" by Kirsha Danilov (I. Morozov, I. Kyzlasova). The Speculum section suggests new reading of the Novgorodian lead plate (11th-12th cc.; A Strakhov). The Miscellanea section presents notes and remarks by, among others, O. Trubachev, M. Mur'ianov, W. Klein. Volume III/1995, 308 pp. (sold out). The third issue of Palaeoslavica contains articles on the following topics: the history of Slavic adverbs ending in -o/-ĕ (P. Sigalov); the literary activity of Monk Evfimii Chudovskii (O. Strakhova); the proper names of Russian nuns (K. Müller). The Speculum section presents an article on Slavic mythology in the light of linguistics (O. Trubachev), suggests new readings of birch-bark documents (NNº 21, 39, 131, 549 etc.) and a new hypothesis concerning the origin of the mixing of ъ/o, ь/e/ĕ in Old Russian orthography (A. Strakhov). The third issue also presents some samples of the corpus of ancient Slavic inscriptions of Kiev (V. Orel), of Old Russian epigraphics, and of Ukrainian and North-Russian folklore in present-day recordings. Volume IV/1996, 249 pp. (sold out) contains the book by M.F. Mur'ianov entitled "Slovo o polku Igoreve v kontekste evropeiskogo srednevekov'ia" with commentaries and introduction by O.N. Trubachev and commentaries and concluding remarks by A.B. Strakhov. Book by M. Mur'ianov put the famous Igor Tale into a broad West European historical and cultural context of the mediaeval epoch. Volume V/1997, 360 pp.  (sold out) The fifth issue of Palaeoslavica contains articles on the following topics: ancient Slavs on the Danube (O. Trubachev), Constantine-Cyril and Mesrop-Mas't‘oc‘ (N. Trunte); the 14th-15th cc. manuscripts of the Novgorod Lisitsy Monastery (M. Gal'chenko); literary activity of Prince Andrei Kurbskii (V. Kalugin); Slavic tradition of Joca Monachorum (A. and O. Strakhov); rhythmical function of pleophony and non-pleophony in Russian folk songs (J. Bailey). The Publication of Texts section contains an edition with commentaries of Maksim Grek's Greek poems (I. Ševčenko), as well as the text of some 17th-century monastic inventories (L. Astakhina). The Speculum section offers new readings of birch-bark documents (NºNº 133, 136, 325, 359, 390) by A. Strakhov. The Miscellanea section presents notes and remarks by, among others, H.G. Lunt, F.J. Oinas, A. Kulik, V. Orel, and V. Pichugina. Volume VI/1998, 340 pp. (sold out). The sixth issue of Palaeoslavica contains articles on the following topics: the ancient Slavs on the Danube (continuaion; O. Trubachev), the history of Slavic qualitative adverbs with prefixes (P. Sigalov); the 15th-century manuscripts of the Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery (M. Gal'chenko); the ‘reading list’ of Prince Andrei Kurbskii (A. Gorfunkel'); images of domestic animals in marriage customs in Riazan' province of Russia (E. Samodelova). The Publication of Texts section contains an edition of the first part of the Putiatina Mineia, an 11th-century manuscript, with commentaries and parallels from Greek and Slavonic sources (May 1-9; † M. Mur'ianov); publications of 17th-century Russian (L. Astakhina) and Latin (V. Kalugin) historical documents, as well as modern recordings of folkloric texts describing marriage customs in Riazan' province (E. Samodelova). The Speculum section offers new readings of inscriptions on objects described in the catalogue of the 1997 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit "The Glory of Byzantium" (I. Ševčenko), and lexicological observations on the contents of modern historical dictionaries (A. Strakhov; I. Dobrodomov). The Miscellanea section presents notes and remarks by, among others, I. Ševčenko, F. J. Oinas, V. Kalugin, V. Pichugina, I. Morozov, and I. Sleptsova.

Volume VII/1999, 352 pp.  (sold out) The seventh issue of Palaeoslavica contains articles on the following topics: Povest' vremennykh let and principles of its editing (D. Ostrowski); the textology and ideology of princely panegyrics in Old Russian chronicles (A. Tolochko); 15th-century manuscripts of the Kirillo-Belozerskii Monastery (continuation; M. Gal'chenko); a new Greek source for Patriarch Nikon's affair (I. Ševčenko); the knowledge of antiquity in 17th-century Muscovy (O. Strakhov); controversies over Jan Belobodskii's Confession of Faith (A. Gorfunkel'). The Publication of Texts section contains an edition of the second part of the Putiatina Mineia, May 10-18 († M. Mur'ianov); Life of Anufrii Pustynnyi in Nil Sorskii's autograph (T. Lönngren); a fund-raising speech by Epifanii Slavinetskii (O. Strakhov); archival materials on the baking of ritual breads in Riazan' province (N. Lebedeva). The Speculum section offers some new explanations of the origin of Novgorodian-Pskovian -kl-, -gl- reflexes, as well as new readings of birch-bark letters NNº 102, 156, 288, 305 (both articles by A. Strakhov); it also contains a review of "The Emergence of Rus: 700-1200" by S. Franklin and J. Shepard (D. Ostrowski).The Miscellanea section presents notes and remarks by, among others, Ju. Burmistrovich, N. Nechunaeva, I. Ševčenko, V. Orel, F.J. Oinas. Volume VIII/2000, 358 pp.  (sold out) The eighth issue of Palaeoslavica contains articles on the following topics: legends on the coins of St. Vladimir (J. Perkowski); 14th-15th-century manuscripts of the Troitse-Sergiev Monastery († M. Gal'chenko); an obituary of M.G. Gal'chenko (A. Strakhov); peculiarities of the marriage customs in Rybinsk district of Yaroslavl' province (E. Samodelova). The Publication of Texts section contains an edition of the last part of the Putiatina Mineia, May 19-31 († M. Mur'ianov); 17th-century documents from the archive of the Onezhskii Stauros Monastery (account book of tseloval'nik Nikita Isakov) (L. Astakhina); a first part of Jan Belobotskii's Confession of Faith (A. Gorfunkel'); modern records of marriage customs in Kaluga and Orel provinces (E. Samodelova). The Speculum section presents the explanations of the origin of Novgorodian-Pskovian -kl-, -gl- reflexes (continuation), as well as new readings of birch-bark letters NN 169 and 218 (both articles by A. Strakhov), and new interpretation of some Turkisms in the Old Russian language (I. Dobrodomov); it also contains a critical analysis of a new book by V.V. Kalugin on the literary contributions of Prince Andrei Kurbskii and Ivan IV (Ch. Halperin). The Miscellanea section presents notes and remarks by, among others, Ju. Burmistrovich, I. Ševčenko, F. J. Oinas, etc. Volume IX/2001, 306 pp.  (sold out) The ninth issue of Palaeoslavica contains articles on the following topics: the ornamental principles of a line, especially, the end of the line, in early Slavic manuscripts (A.Strakhov), the city of Ravenna and its mention in the early Kievan literature († M. Mur'ianov), an analysis of two excerpts from the Bulgarian Mineia prazdnichnaia of the archaic type (N. Nechunaeva), polemical literature in the Muscovite Rus' in the 1st half of the 17th century (T. Oparina). The Publication of Texts section contains the Church Slavonic translation of Clemens of Rome's Vita as it is preserved in the hagiographical collection attributed to Prince Andrei Kurbskii (V. Kalugin); 17-century documents from the archive of the Onezhskii Stauros Monastery (monastic inventories) (L. Astakhina); the 2nd part of Jan Belobotskii's Confession of Faith (A. Gorfunkel'); modern records of marriage customs in the Riazan' province (E. Samodelova). The Speculum section offers a new view on Cyril and Methodius' role in the creation of the literary Church Slavonic language (K. Maksimovich); some remarks concerning the readings of birch-bark letters NN 131 and 633 (A. Strakhov); the section also contains a critical analysis of V.M. Zhivov's article on Byzantine culture in Russia of early modern time (O. Strakhova). The Miscellanea section presents notes and remarks by, among others, † M.Gal'chenko, Ju. Burmistrovich, T. Popova, I. Ševčenko. Volume X of Palaeoslavica for 2002 consists of two issues (no. 1, xxvi, 330 pp.; no. 2, v, 340 pp.). The tenth issue of Palaeoslavica (nos. 1-2) is dedicated to the eightieth birthday of Professor Ihor Ševčenko and has a special title: ΧΡΥΣΑΙ ΠΥΛΑΙ — ЗЛАТАЯ ВРАТА. Essays presented to Ihor Ševčenko on his eightieth birthday by his colleagues and students, eds., Peter Schreiner and Olga Strakhov. It contains articles devoted to various questions of Byzantine and Slavic history, literature, art, hagiography, epigraphy and textual criticism by 55 scholars, Byzantinists and Slavists, of Europe and USA. Ihor Ševčenko is Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History and Literature, Emeritus, at Harvard University. A Ukrainian born in Poland, he studied at Charles University (Prague) and Université Catholique de Louvain, and was a member of Henri Grégoire’s Seminar in Byzantine History in Brussels. He has taught and conducted research at many universities and institutions, including Collège de France, Cologne, Munich, Columbia, Michigan, and Berkeley. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at All Souls and Wolfson Colleges, Oxford, and received the Research Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. Long associated with Dumbarton Oaks, where he served as Director of Studies, he became Professor of Byzantine History and Literature in Harvard University's Department of the Classics in 1973. He has also served as acting director of the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University. Professor Ševčenko, a specialist in Byzantine cultural history, was President of the Association Internationale des Études Byzantines (1986-1996) and is a member of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the British Academy, the Société de Bollandistes, the Accademia Pontaniana, the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and other learned societies. He holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Cologne and Warsaw.

Volume XI/2003, 309 pp. The eleventh issue of Palaeoslavica contains an articles by T. Vilkul on the Novgorodian First Chronicle and its relationship with the so-called Nachal'nyi Letopisnyi Svod, the existense of which was postulated by A.A. Shakhmatov; by O. Strakhov on the linguistic views of Josef Dobrovský, the great Czech scholar (1753-1829), whose name has recently been added to the "list" of possible forgers of the famous Igor' Tale. The article examines linguistic views of Dobrovský, as we infer them from his works and treatises, and compares them with the linguistic practice of the creator of the Tale. The Publication section presents a collection of scribal notes and colophons from 173 Old Russian manuscripts of the 13th-15th centuries, gathered by the late M. Gal'chenko. It also presents modern records of the Christmas carols, collected by E. Samodelova and her colleagues during the folklore expeditions to the Central Russia. The Speculum section contains an article by F.J. Thomson on the origin of the Slavonic version of the Vita of St. Apollinaris; an article by A. Strakhov concerning some mistakes and/or inappropriate readings attested in modern editions of the Old Russian texts; and an article by D. Ostrowski on the Church Council of 1503 and the disputes between Iosifliane and Nestiazhateli with particular emphasis on textological problems presented by those Old Russian documents and written sources that describe the Council. The Miscellanea section contains articles and notes by, among the others, D. Stern, I. Ševčenko, and L. Sazonova. Volume XI contains the index of all articles published in the previous ten issues. Volume XII of Palaeoslavica for 2004 consists of two issues (324 pp., 335 pp.). No. 1 of Palaeoslavica XII contains articles by F. Klimchuk on some obscure moments in the medieval history of the Turov and Pinsk regions of Belarus; by A. Litvina and F. Uspenskii on the history of the personal names of the Rurikid dynasty of the pre-Mongol period; by A. Strakhov on the confusion of Nominative and Vocative in Old Russian texts; by N. Antropov on the etymology of some words attested uniquely in the Belorussian language; by N. Bondar' on the semiotics of traditional fortune-tellings recorded in the Kuban' region. The Speculum section contains a discussion by T. Vilkul of the new edition of the Primary Chronicle published by D. Ostrowski; an article by O. Strakhov on the new book by E.L. Keenan that challenges the authenticity of the Igor' Tale; a response by H.M. Eckhoff to V.B. Krys'ko concerning her recently published book on the nominative phrases in the Old Russian language; and an article by A. Strakhov about some mistakes and/or inappropriate lexicographical interpretations attested in the multi-volumed Slovar' russkikh narodnyx govorov. No. 2 of Palaeoslavica XII presents V. Badurina-Stipčević's publication of the Book of Esther after the Croatian Glagolitic Vat. Ill. 5 Breviary (14th c.); a publication of some administrative documents of the 17th century by L. Astakhina; an article about A.A. Dmitrievskii (1856-1929), an outstanding Russian liturgist, by O.B. Strakhov and the publication (with facsimile) of Dmitrievskii's unpublished article on the Patriarch Nikon's Leitourgiarion; a publication of some litigations of the 17th-18th cc. by A. P. Maiorov; the volume also presents modern records of spring songs and popular beliefs, collected in the Central Russia and Polissia. The Miscellanea section contains articles and notes by, among the others, M. Čunčić, N. Trunte, and A. Selin.

Volume XIII of Palaeoslavica for 2005 consists of two issues (341 pp., 318 pp.). No. 1 of Palaeoslavica XIII consists of two sections: Articles and Miscellanea. Section Articles presents the last part of the article by F. Klimchuk on the medieval history of some regions of Belarus; it also contains articles by T. Vilkul on the origin of the common prototext of the Laurentian and Hypatian Chronicles; by A. Tolochko on the chronology of the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle; by D. Ostrowski on the textual relationships between the Life of Josif of Volokolamsk and the Life of Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod; by A. Selin on the political situation in Novgorod in 1610/11 and its reflection in some documents of the Gosudarev vinnyi pogreb; by O. Strakhov on the dynamics and strategy of corrections, introduced into the Apostoly of the 2nd half of the 17th c.; by A. Strakhov on the etymology of Russian dialectisms kondrashka, zhivoglot, etc.; by V. Dobrovol'skaia on the role of taboos in the active life of peasants in Northern and Central Russia; and the survey by A. Khrolenko et al. of problems and alternatives of linguistic aspects of folkloric studies. Section Miscellanea presents articles and notes by, among others, P. Ambrosiani, S. Kisterev, A. Shchavelev, I. Dobrodomov. No. 2 of Palaeoslavica XIII consists of sections Speculum and Publications. Section Speculum presents A. Strakhov's analysis of some etymologies of Proto-Slavic cultural terms; an article by Francis Butler on the controversial issues concerning early testimonies of the cult of St. George in Kievan Rus'; a reply by D. Ostrowski to the critics of his edition of the Primary Chronicle; and another article by A. Strakhov discussing obstacles and pitfalls of "folk etymology" and its study. Section Publications presents Slovo ob otrechenii ot mira... by John Climacus according to its oldest Slavic manuscript (publ. and comm. by T. Popova), as well as some documents about the conflict between revisers and authorities at the Moscow Printing Yard in the beginning of the 18th c. (publ. and comm. by O. Strakhov). The section also contains a number of large publications of folkloric material in modern records: Russian lullabies (publ. and comm. by E. Samodelova), Ukrainian folk medicine and curative spells (publ. and comm. by A. Strakhov), rituals and songs, performed on the Nativity and Trinity days in the North-West of the Perm' region (comm. and publ. by K. Prokosheva).

Volume XIV/2006, 383 pp. The Articles section opens with E. Ukhanova's study of one of the most gorgeous early Slavic manuscripts, the Mstislavovo Evangelie, and its place in the culture of 11th-12th century Old Rus'. L.Gnatenko's article analyzes the paleography and orthography of the Kievan Lavrskoe Evangelie of the 14th century. V.Chentsova's article in-vestigates the historical context of a famous petition written by Metropolitan Theophanos of Paleopatras in 1645 urging the Tsar to open a Greek School and Greek Printing House in Moscow (the article contains a great number of illustrations as well as a publication of the petition's Greek original). M.Lobanov's article dicusses the practice of podbliudnoe (lit.: "under-the-platter") fortune-telling in Russia. The Publications section presents "Slovo ot knig sv. Isikhiia" after the 12th-13th century manuscript (publ. and comm. by O.Strakhov); a few documents of the 17th century from the Russian North (publ. and comm. by L.Astakhina) and Siberia (publ. and comm. by L.Gorodilova); a number of large publications of folkloric material from modern records: West Belorussian ballads (publ. and comm. by F.Klimchuk); descriptions of church feasts in the Komi region (by A.Paniukov and G. Savel'eva); and a description of the cult of St. Nicholas according to modern East Belorussian records (by G.Lopatin). The article by A.Strakhov in the Speculum section discusses controversial questions surrounding Old Russian and Church Slavonic orthography. The Miscellanea section contains articles and notes by A. Danylenko, M. Lobanov, etc.

Volume XV of Palaeoslavica for 2007 consists of two issues (354 pp., 350 pp.). No. 1 of Palaeoslavica XV consists of four sections. The Articles section contains a study by O. Tolochko who proposes a new look at the relationship between the Short and the Expanded Redactions of Pravda Ruskaia; a study by V. Chentsova who investigates an engrossing tale about bringing the miracle-making icon of the Theotokos of Blachernas from Greece to Moscow in the 17th c.; and a study by A. Strakhov who analyzes several Eastern Slavic marriage rituals dealing with horse collars in terms of their cleansing functions. The Publications section presents Slovo o bezgnevii by John Climacus following to the oldest extant Slavic manuscript (publ. and comm. by T. Popova) and folklore narratives about mermaids (rusalki) recorded in Central Russia (publ. by E. Samodelova) and in Belarus’ (publ. by G. Lopatin). The Speculum section discusses the history of the word lafa and points to various mistakes in its lexicographical treatment. The Miscellanea section contains notes by P. Schreiner, C.M. Vakareliyska, et al. No. 2 of Palaeoslavica XV also consists of four sections. The Articles section presents a study by D. Christians in which she reconstructs the Kanon Mefodiiu Patarskomu following the extant Slavic manuscripts; an article by T. Vilkul that analyzes the relationship between PVL and Old Russian Khronographs; and a study by O. Strakhov featuring a detailed discussion of titles of Russian Patriarchs from 1589 to 1700. The Publications section presents some seventeenth-century texts from Siberia, and a description of present-day calendar rituals attested in the Komi region. The Speculum section contains two reviews: the first by J. Fellerer who analyzes A. Danylenko's recent book on various questions of Ukrainian philology, and by D. Ostrowski who re-evaluates the relationship between the Galician-Volynian Chronicle and the Life of Alexander Nevskii. The Miscellanea section contains notes by F. Klimchuk and A. Strakhov. Volume XVI of Palaeoslavica for 2008 consists of two issues (288 pp., 302 pp.). No. 1 of Palaeoslavica XVI consists of four sections. The Articles section contains a study by T. Popova and O. Strakhov on the Greek original and earliest Slavic translation of the 150 Chapters by Makarius of Egypt; an article by A. Maiorov on lexemes used in 18th-century East Siberean manuscripts to describe a person's physical appearance; A. Strakhov's article on Slavic and Ancient Greek parallels to a Russian fortune-telling ritual; and M. Bobunova's survey of dictionaries of Russian folk songs. The Publications section presents a text of Alexandria as it is preserved in the Troitskii Khronograph (beginning of the 15th century; publ. by T. Vilkul); some documents concerning the grain supply for the Russian Tsar House in the 17th century (publ. by L. Astakhina) and folk narratives about popular medicine (publ. by T. Volodina) and demonology (publ. by G. Lopatin) as recorded in modern Belаrus'. The Speculum section contains an article by A. Strakhov about some mistakes and/or inappropriate lexicographical interpretations attested in the multi-volumed Slovar' russkikh narodnykh govorov. The Miscellanea section contains notes by A. Tolochko, M. Lobanov et al. No. 2 of Palaeoslavica XVI also consists of four sections. The Articles section presents a posthumous article by M. Gal'chenko on the language and orthography of the 13th-century Lestvitsa kept in RGADA (fund 181, no. 452), an article by V. Chentsova on certain mysterious circumstances surrounding Greek-Muscovite contacts in the 40s-60s of the 17th century; and a study by A. Strakhov on popular cults of John the Baptist and John the Theologian and the Virgin Mary. The Publications section presents Slovo o bezgnevii i krotosti by John Climacus following the oldest extant Slavic manuscript (publ. by T. Popova), some seventeenth-century texts from Siberia (publ. by L. Gorodilova) and folk narratives about birds and relevant superstitions recorded in modern Ukraine and Belarus' (publ. by A. Strakhov). The Speculum section contains two reviews: the first, by O. Strakhov who questions A.A. Gippius's opinion of linguo-textological stratification of the so-called Initial Chronicle, and by D. Ostrowski who analyzes Mari Isoaho's recent book on Alexandr Nevskii. The Miscellanea section con­tains notes by M. Semina, A Khrolenko et al.