Ohrid Literary School, Ohrid

The Ohrid Literary School was one of the two major medieval Bulgariancultural centres, along with the Preslav Literary School. The school was established in Ohrid in 886 by Saint Clement of Ohrid upon orders by Boris I of Bulgaria simultaneously or shortly after the establishment of the Preslav Literary School. After Clement was ordained bishop of Drembica in 893, the position of head of the school was assumed by Naum of Preslav. The Ohrid Literary School used the Glagolitic alphabet from its establishment until the 12th century and the Cyrillic alphabet from the end of the 9th century onwards. The picture represents Codex Assemanianus, an early example of Old Slavonic text written in glagolitic script, may have been created in the Ohrid Literary School.