Lexicographically undescribed words from the oldest Russian manuscript of the “Ladder” by St. John Climacus
... and unique vocabulary in the oldest Russian manuscript of The Ladder by St. John Climacus, created in the mid-twelfth century. The aim of the study is to introduce new material into scholarly circulation in the fields of historical lexicology and historical lexicography. The principal research method employed is linguotextual analysis.
By comparing the lexical composition of the manuscript with the evidence provided by Old Church Slavonic dictionaries and historical dictionaries of the Russian ...
