I reč Сěsarʹ: Titlo-abbreviations in Old East Slavic

• Main Author: Skjølsvold, Jens Kristian
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2023
• Subjects: VDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::Russian language: 028; VDP::Humanities: 000::Literary disciplines: 040::Russian literature: 050; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Litteraturvitenskapelige fag: 040::Russisk litteratur: 050; VDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::Other Slavic languages: 029; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Andre slaviske språk: 029; RUS-3920; Rus’; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/30280

In this thesis I research the use of a diacritic mark know as a titlo and its use in Old East Slavic. Available literature suggests that titlos were used by Muscovite scribes to abbreviate words that denoted objects which were regarded as particularly sacred. However, literature on Old Rusian and Mi...