Chrъty i rězy

Summary: 

The article revisits the famous expression chrъty i rězy, suggesting that it is simply a Slavonicisation of a commonplace Greek collocation γραφαὶ καὶ γλυφαί (examples are given from Greek writings) with no specific meaning, and that no special significance should be attached to it.

Ralph Cleminson (Oxford, United Kingdom)

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