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The Freising Manuscripts - a Crucial Part of Shared Slavic Heritage
The Freising manuscripts, also known as the Freising folia, are a collection of Latin and Old Slovenian religious texts dating back to the late 9th or early 10th century AD. These manuscripts are significant for their historical, linguistic, and cultural value, especially within the context of Slavic studies. Housed today in the Bavarian State Library in Munich, they offer a rare glimpse into the early medieval period of Central Europe and provide crucial evidence of the early use of the Slovenian language.
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These medieval manuscripts are considered to be the oldest known documents in any Slavic language written in the Latin alphabet. This fact alone places them in a unique position within the sphere of European history. Their discovery provides invaluable insights into the linguistic and cultural developments of the early Slavs, particularly the Carantanians, the ancestors of modern Slovenians.
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