Abstract
In the present paper we analyze nine manuscripts from the 11th–14th century Menaia (Greek: μηνάιον), Old-Slavic hymnographic texts, using a vector space model. The analysis and classification of the manuscripts in previous studies have been rather subjective. In an attempt to be objective we use contemporary research methods. Vector analysis allows one to separate the Putyatina Menaion and the Menaion Q.п.1.25 from the set of analyzed texts, since both manuscripts share both textological and lexical similarities. Similar findings were reached in existing studies. Manuscript BAN 16.14.13 is shown to be quite similar to the set of analyzed texts. The results are new to the literature.
Highlights
The Menaion is a liturgical work containing texts that glorify saints and holy days
The researchers who follow the textual traditions established in the description of the manuscripts of the hymnography of the Old and New Testaments take into account the aforementioned differences in various ways (Alekseev 1999)
In this article we propose to use methods of classification based on the properties of the data and, in this case, on the information concerning discrepancies contained in the manuscripts of the May Menaia
Summary
The Menaion is a liturgical work containing texts that glorify saints and holy days. These texts are arranged according to the days in each month. This tradition established the following lexical and textological parameters for the classification of the manuscripts: the composition of the manuscript (set of memorial texts), the structure of the service (the order of the hymns) and specific linguistic discrepancies. The researchers who follow the textual traditions established in the description of the manuscripts of the hymnography of the Old and New Testaments take into account the aforementioned differences in various ways (Alekseev 1999) These methods of classification do not fully exploit the information available in the manuscripts of the Menaion.
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