library
Rila Monastery
930–1100
attested. John and the early community are attested in his Lives; present buildings are 19th century; early manuscripts are few.
The hermit John of Rila gathered disciples in the Rila mountains in the 10th century, and the monastery named after him became Bulgaria's chief spiritual and literary centre. Its library keeps Glagolitic leaves from the early period.
Place: Monastery of Saint John of Rila · On the map
People
- John of Rila (hermit, d. 946)
Manuscripts made here
Rila Glagolitic Folia (10th-11th c.)
Kept now: Rila Monastery library