{"id":159990,"date":"2025-07-25T15:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T12:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=159990"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:52:36","slug":"bogomils-depictions-and-grave-symbolism-in-bulgaria-preliminary-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathinfo.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/bogomils-depictions-and-grave-symbolism-in-bulgaria-preliminary-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogomil\u2019s Depictions and Grave Symbolism in Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Emil Ivanov<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>University of Shumen <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-05<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract.<\/strong> The following article takes into account a hitherto ignored art genre of the Bulgarian Middle Ages, namely the drawings and grave symbols of Bogomil content from Bulgaria. The article is only a preliminary report on the ongoing research on the topic. Due to the preserved material findings, only secured monuments are considered as well as the archival sources of the researchers who described and recorded them when they were discovered.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keywords<\/em>: Bogomiles, grave symbolism, Art of the Bogomiles, archive, archival research, paleography, Christian sculpture, graffiti<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mathinfo.azbuki.bg\/en\/member-login\/\">Log in to read the full text<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emil Ivanov University of Shumen https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/phil2025-02S-05 Abstract. The following article takes into account a hitherto ignored art genre of the Bulgarian Middle Ages, namely the drawings and grave symbols of Bogomil content from Bulgaria. The article is only a preliminary report on the ongoing research on the topic. 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