Conversations with Saint Cyril
Conversations with Saint Cyril
natural plant dyed cotton, recycled fabric, embroidery thread, hand dyed and embroidered
128 x 160 cm / 50.39 x 62.99 in,2023
Hand embroidered Cyrillic alphabet on yellow and brown natural plant dyed cotton squares made into a quilt. “Brik by brik” is written alongside the border commenting on language building and learning being on step at a time.
History of Ћирилица
Saint Cyril invented the Glagolitic script, which is the oldest known Slavic alphabet, generally agreed to have been created in the 9th century. The Cyrillic script was a simplification of Glagolitic, based more closely on the Greek uncial alphabet, with additional letters to represent Slavic sounds absent in Greek, such as Б, Ш, and Ч. It was invented by disciple’s of Cyril and then named in honor of Saint Cyril and eventually became the standard script for many Slavic languages, particularly in Orthodox Christian regions.
