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The Cyrillic Script

History and Theory of Translation

Maria João Martins, nº 155902

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Where it all began...

Constantinople

Great Moravia

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Image 1 - Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril

Image 2 - the Glagolitic alphabet

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—First words translated using the new Glagolitic alphabet

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”

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Image 3 - Saint Clement of Ohrid

Image 4 - the modern Cyrillic alphabet

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Bibliography

Translators through History, Chapter 1. The Invention of Alphabets, pages 9 - 12

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