The electronic research resources and tools for processing medieval texts of proven Bulgarian origin have been created for 10 years through a series of scientific and educational projects. The Histdict system is currently part of the Cyrillomethodiana web portal and consists of the following resources and tools:
- Diachronic corpus of Bulgarian language 9th-18th c. (150 texts from different genres and in original spelling)
- Digitized Old Bulgarian Dictionary (10500 dictionary entries)
- Reverse Greek-Old Bulgarian Dictionary
- Historical Dictionary of Bulgarian language (a developing resource of diachronic type)
- Synchronous Historical Dictionaries: Dictionary of the Language of Patriarch Euthymius; Terminological Dictionary of John the Exarch
- Specialized software for writing and editing dictionary entries
- Grammar dictionary and semi-automatic morphological analyzer
- Search engine and virtual keyboard
- Old Bulgarian Unicode fonts and converter
The open access Histdict system is a complex of unique resources and tools for publication and research of medieval Slavonic texts and in a European and global context is corresponds to Thesaurus Linguae Graecae and Perseus, representing the classical written heritage.
The main objective of RI is to maintain, develop and upgrade the electronic research resources and tools through the creation of new functionalities and research capabilities. The following activities are envisaged:
- Complementing the corpus with new texts in order to collect all Bulgarian written heritage in digital format
- Creating a parallel corpus with translations into Modern Bulgarian language so that the works of Old Bulgarian writers will be accessible to the general public as well
- Continuous updating of the historical dictionary
- Creating synchronous electronic dictionaries on medieval texts
- Maintaining and upgrading the existing software
- Research
- Training of doctoral and postdoctoral students and young scientists
- Publishing: research and publications of texts and dictionaries