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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Glagolitic script canonical	21
Glagolitic alphabet	5
Glagolitic	2
Glagolitic alphabet (historically)	1
Glagolitic alphabet (via Christianization)	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 (31)

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

Cyrillic script → influencedBy → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Church Slavonic → hasWritingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Old East Slavic → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

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

First Bulgarian Empire → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Croatian → historicalScript → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Slavs → historicalScript → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Kyivan Rus → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Bulgarian language → earliestWritingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Christianization of the Balkans → usesScript → Glagolitic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glagolitic alphabet

Great Moravia → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Preslav → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Old Church Slavonic Bible → script → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Bulgars → laterWritingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glagolitic alphabet (via Christianization)

Kiev Missal → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Kiev Missal → script → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Codex Zographensis → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Codex Zographensis → writingSystemFamily → Glagolitic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glagolitic alphabet

Codex Zographensis → alphabetType → Glagolitic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glagolitic

Codex Marianus → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Codex Marianus → scriptFamily → Glagolitic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glagolitic alphabet

Christian mission to Great Moravia → introducedWritingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Bosnian Cyrillic → relatedTo → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Rus' → writingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Methodius → developedWritingSystem → Glagolitic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glagolitic alphabet

Methodius → coDeveloperOf → Glagolitic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glagolitic alphabet

Slavic Orthodox Churches → scriptTradition → Glagolitic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glagolitic alphabet (historically)

Christianization of the Slavs → introducedScript → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Mission of Cyril and Methodius → introduced → Glagolitic script ⓘ

Mission of Cyril and Methodius → usedScript → Glagolitic script ⓘ