RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

OBJECTIVE 1

Formation of a single database on South Slavic scribes of the 14th century by:

• researching all existing funds in which South Slavic manuscripts written in the 14th century are stored;
• revising the knowledge about South Slavic scribes of the 14th century, by applying proven theoretical knowledge and appropriate scientific and methodological apparatus;
• researching the palaeographic features of manuscripts - identification of scribes' hands, determination of the origin of South Slavic copyists and the place of their work.

OBJECTIVE 2

Mapping of South Slavic scriptoria of the 14th century by:

• researching the structure of scribe workshops, their organization and conditions for the multiplication of codes among South Slavs in the spiritual climate of the 14th century;
• determining the place and / or spiritual circle of work of individual scribes and groups of scribes in the 14th century in the Balkans;
• studying the influence of the state policies of the Balkan rulers on the formation and strengthening of individual scriptoria of the 14th century.

OBJECTIVE 3

Presentation of the obtained results on South Slavic fourteenth century scribes and scriptoria by:

• publishing research of project members on South Slavic scribes and scriptoria of the 14th century;
• creating a unique repository of South Slavic scribes of the 14th century using new methodological approaches;
• designing a digital script map.