Archaeographic Laboratory at Institute for Studies in Eastern Christianity

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The main activities of the Archaeographic Laboratory

The archeographic laboratory was created as an open scientific international platform, which:

• develops methods and studies the problems of archeography (descriptive, traditional and field), special historical disciplines;

• studies Cyrillic handwritten book monuments (source study of books, paleography, filigranology, codicology);

• studies the problems of the history of the Orthodox Church related to the evolution of handwritten Cyrillic books;

• carries out the study and scientific description of book manuscript Cyrillic monuments, prepares on their basis special scientific publications (including descriptions, catalogs, etc.);

• creates and publishes monographic studies and collections of scientific works, methodological, bibliographic materials and teaching aids;

• organizes and conducts international scientific seminars and conferences;

• The main directions of scientific work of the laboratory are connected with the history of the handwritten Slavic book, bookishness and culture of Pax Slavia Ortodoxa.