On the biblical and liturgical wallinscriptions in the Churches of Old Rus’
The paper analyses the linguistic aspect of wall-inscriptions of the 12th- 15th centuries, foremost biblical and liturgical quotations, within thecomposition of Old Russian church wall-paintings. Paleographic,orthographic and textual features of the inscriptions characterize them as literary texts, which reflect, on the one hand, the norms of the ChurchSlavonic language used in medieval Russia, and on the other hand, anumber of regional features (Novgorod, Staraya Ladoga Pskov, Polotsk). Together with the iconographic evidence, the wall-inscriptions cansometimes testify to the participation of local masters, and in some casesthey can specify the creation date of the wall-paintings.