Abbreviations of the words in East Slavic cyrillic manuscripts of the 11th century

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of abbreviated words in the books of the 11th century. The author proposes the system of abbreviations, presents the results of investigation of such sources as the Ostromir Gospels, “Izbornik” of 1073 year, the Arkhangelsk Gospel. The author makes conclusions about the functions of abbreviations, analyzes the differences between the types of abbreviations in canonic and noncanonical parts of the text.