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Monument SL1

Editor

Tsvetan Vasilev

Monument

Sofia region
Monastery of St. Nicholas in Seslavtsi

Place

Naos, vault

Location in the scene

Surrounding the central image of Christ in the medallion

Spelling features

Scene

Christ Pantocrator
** -> Christ -> Pantocrator

Inscription Type

Τime of creation

Text

Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς vac. Χ(ριστὸ)ς
ὁ Παντο vac. κράτορας

іс҃ vac. х҃с
опанто vac. краторас

Jesus Christ Pantocrator

 
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                    <lb n="1"/> <persName nymRef="Ἰησοῦς Χριστός" ref="icon-index.xml#Christ">
                  <expan><abbr>Ἰ</abbr><ex>ησοῦ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan> 
                  <space/> <expan><abbr>Χ</abbr><ex>ριστὸ</ex><abbr>ς</abbr></expan></persName>
                    <lb n="2"/><w>ὁ</w> <persName nymRef="Παντοκράτωρ" ref="icon-index#pantocrator">Παντο <space/> κράτορας</persName>
               </ab>

Commentary

παντοκράτορας. The form is the result of ther alignment of the third declension with the first declension: παντοκράτορα > παντοκράτοραν (AccSg forms), with the secondary formation of the NomSg παντοκράτορας (Бешевлиев 1939: 239, Browning 1983: 58–59). The attested demotic form παντοκράτορας implies that the writer had oral rather than written knowledge of the Greek language.

Revision

Madlen Naneva

when 2022-09-13;
who M.N.;

Tsvetan Vasilev, Dimitar Iliev

when 2023-10-21;
who Ts.V., D.I.;

Inscriptions in medieval images

Christ Pantocrator, Seslavtsi monastery

Monument SL1

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