HERO Heritage is Europes Revolutionary Opportunity Glagolitic Script

HERO Heritage is Europe’s Revolutionary Opportunity

Glagolitic Script The oldest known Slavic alphabet

Glagolitic Script • The Glagolitic script (ɡlæɡəˈlɪtɪk Ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰹⱌⰰ Glagolitsa) is the oldest known Slavic alphabet. It is generally agreed to have been created in the 9 th century by Saint Cyril, a Byzantine monk from Thessaloniki. 3 HERO Heritage is Europe’s Revolutionary Opportunity

Glagolitic Script • Saint Cyril and his brother, Saint Methodius, were sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III in 863 to Great Moravia to spread Christianity among the West Slavs. 4 HERO Heritage is Europe’s Revolutionary Opportunity

Glagolitsa was used by all Slavs from the 9 th until the 12 th century… • for Slavonic translations of Greek liturgical texts • for the purpose of spreading Christianity among the Slavs. 5 HERO Heritage is Europe’s Revolutionary Opportunity

Glagolitsa • Glagolitsa was preserved for the longest time by the Croats, who used it actively up until the 16 th century. • They also developed their own variant – square or Croatian Glagolitic script. Istria and Hrvatsko primorje • The last Croatian Glagolitic book (Missal) was printed in 1905. 6 HERO Heritage is Europe’s Revolutionary Opportunity

Glagolitsa • The last Croatian Glagolitic book (Missal) was printed in 1905. 7 HERO Heritage is Europe’s Revolutionary Opportunity

Glagolitsa • First nine letters of Glagolitic alphabet make an acrostic which loosely translated means: I, who know the letters, say that it is very good to live on Earth. 8 HERO Heritage is Europe’s Revolutionary Opportunity

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