Glagolitic script

E22459
Slavic script alphabet writing system

Glagolitic script is the oldest known Slavic alphabet, created in the 9th century by Saints Cyril and Methodius for the translation of Christian texts into Old Church Slavonic.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Glagolitic 1
Glagolitic alphabet 1
Supplemental Glagolitic 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Slavic script ⓘ
alphabet ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Christianity ⓘ
creator Saint Cyril ⓘ
Saint Methodius ⓘ
culturalSignificance first literary language of Slavs ⓘ
derivedFrom Greek script (disputed) ⓘ
earliestManuscripts Codex Marianus ⓘ
Codex Zographensis ⓘ
Kiev Missal ⓘ
hasVariant angular Glagolitic ⓘ
round Glagolitic ⓘ
inception 9th century ⓘ
circa 863 ⓘ
influenced early Cyrillic script ⓘ
ISO15924Code Glag ⓘ
namedAfter glagol (Old Slavic word for “word” or “speech”) ⓘ
notableUser Croatian Glagolitic clergy ⓘ
Slavic missionaries ⓘ
numberOfLetters 38 ⓘ
primaryLanguage Church Slavonic ⓘ
surface form: Old Church Slavonic
purpose liturgical use ⓘ
translation of Christian texts ⓘ
region Balkans ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Great Moravia ⓘ
Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
surface form: Macedonia
replacedBy Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
scriptCategory uncial ⓘ
scriptFamily Slavic ⓘ
scriptType alphabetic ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Glagolitic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Glagolitic

Glagolitic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supplemental Glagolitic
usedFor Old Church Slavonic Bible ⓘ
Slavonic liturgical books ⓘ
usedUntil 19th century (in some Croatian liturgical use) ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingMedium parchment manuscripts ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
wooden tablets ⓘ
writingSystemStatus historical ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Glagolitic script → UnicodeBlock → Glagolitic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glagolitic
Glagolitic script → UnicodeBlock → Glagolitic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supplemental Glagolitic
Bulgarian language → earliestWritingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ
Church Slavonic → hasWritingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ
Croatian → historicalScript → Glagolitic script ⓘ
Slavs → historicalScript → Glagolitic script ⓘ
Cyrillic script → influencedBy → Glagolitic script ⓘ
Christianization of the Balkans → usesScript → Glagolitic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Glagolitic alphabet
First Bulgarian Empire → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ
Great Moravia → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ
Kyivan Rus → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ
Old East Slavic → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ