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John the Exarch

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Cut-out detail; background removed. Open book with a writing figure on the left and a red heading below two birds on the right. A later copy according to the Commons description. — Shakko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the Hexameron, John the Exarch explains the Bible’s account of the world’s creation.

Scene 6 · Simeon and the Golden Age

John the Exarch and Constantine of Preslav create and translate works.

Scene 8 · Simeon and the Golden Age

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First Tsardom

Simeon and the Golden Age Preslav ceramic icon

Sources

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. Seal of Simeon I: Electronic Auction 236, lot 545 CNG Research Coins catalogue · 2010
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Achelous river area: geographical records Wikidata
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Constantinople: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database

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Wikimedia geographical database contributors Preslav: geographical records Wikidata
Petko Dobrev / Петко Добрев “The Golden Age” of Simeon – Myth or Reality / „Златният век“ на Симеон – мит или реалност PDF Proceedings of University of Ruse / Научни трудове на Русенския университет · 2016 · 55 · 101–105
Shakko John of Bulgaria’s Hexameron: Moscow copy, 15th century Wikimedia Commons
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (www.cngcoins.com) Seal of Simeon I of Bulgaria.jpg Wikimedia Commons imageinfo API; original provider in Credit
Mirosław J. Leszka; English translation: Katarzyna Gucio The Monk versus the Philosopher: From the History of the Bulgarian-Byzantine War 894–896 Studia Ceranea · 2011 · 1 · 55–70
Mirosław J. Leszka Bulgarian-Byzantine Relations during the Reign of Symeon I the Great (893–927) PDF The Bulgarian State in 927–969. The Epoch of Tsar Peter I. Byzantina Lodziensia XXXIV. Łódź–Kraków: Łódź University Press / Jagiellonian University Press · 2018 · 35–46
G. A. Loud A Re-examination of the ‘Coronation’ of Symeon of Bulgaria in 913 The Journal of Theological Studies, New Series · 1978 · XXIX · 109–120
Анисава Милтенова Йоан Екзарх в руската средновековна литература SESDIVA: Bulgarian-Russian cultural exchange digital research project
Георги Митов Византийските новозаветни катени и Учителното евангелие на Константин Преславски: от катената към хомилията (Предварителни наблюдения) Palaeobulgarica / Старобългаристика (Кирило-Методиевски научен център при БАН) · 2022 · 46 · 29–41
Ian Mladjov The Crown and the Veil: Titles, Spiritual Kinship, and Diplomacy in Tenth-Century Bulgaro–Byzantine Relations History Compass · 2015 · 13 · 171–183
Aleksander Paroń; translated by Thomas Anessi The Pechenegs: Nomads in the Political and Cultural Landscape of Medieval Europe PDF East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450–1450. Leiden–Boston: Brill · 2021 · 74 · 259–263
Archaeological Museum “Veliki Preslav” Exposition hall. Archaeological Museum "Veliki Preslav", official website, English version Official museum website
Archaeological Museum “Veliki Preslav” History of Preslav. Archaeological Museum "Veliki Preslav", official website, English version Official museum website
Archaeological Museum “Veliki Preslav” Seals Official museum website, Treasure-room
Лора Тасева Животъ, житиуе и жизнь в Учителното евангелие на Константин Преславски Palaeobulgarica / Старобългаристика (Кирило-Методиевски научен център при БАН) · 2024 · 48 · 35–58
Православная энциклопедия Иоанн Экзарх Православная энциклопедия, том 24, с. 663–669 · 2015

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Shakko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: Hexameron copy. Author of the Hexameron, a work on creation and the world.

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