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Slovo (Uppsala), 2010, No. 51, pp. 107–113 ISSN: 0348-744XJournal of Slavic Languages and LiteraturesSlavonica Glagolitica and Cyrillica in SwedishRepositoriesThe project Digitalised Descriptions of Slavic Cyrillic Manuscripts and EarlyPrinted Books in Swedish Libraries and ArchivesPer Ambrosiani and Antoaneta GranbergDepartment of Language Studies, Umeå Universityper.ambrosiani@ryska.umu.seDepartment of Languages and Literatures, University of Gothenburgantoaneta.granberg@slav.gu.seAbstractIn the article the authors present the project Digitalised Descriptions of Slavic Cyrillic Manuscriptsand Early Printed Books in Swedish Libraries and Archives (2010–2012), and describe the first year’swork within the project. This includes the establishment of the SVEKYR database, an overview ofSwedish repositories with materials of importance for the project, and ongoing work on methods fordescription of early Cyrillic and Glagolitic manuscripts and books.The aim of the project Digitalised Descriptions of Slavic Cyrillic Manuscripts andEarly Printed Books in Swedish Libraries and Archives (DSS) is to create a unioncatalogue of Slavic Cyrillic manuscripts and early printed Glagolitic and Cyrillicbooks in Swedish repositories. The three-year project (2010–2012) is funded by theBank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, and a short presentation of the project canbe found at the Foundation’s website (http://www.rj.se/6/1132/var/fundID/1165).More detailed information about the project in general and presentations of the resultsto date are continuously published at the DSS website:http://www.sprak.gu.se/english/research/research-projects/externally-funded/digital-descriptions/.A pilot project at the University of Gothenburg (2008) resulted in a Catalogue ofSlavonic books in Gothenburg and Skara (Granberg & Varpio 2009), published withfinancial support from The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History andAntiquities.The DSS working team includes scholars from four Swedish universities: AntoanetaGranberg (University of Gothenburg), Per Ambrosiani (Umeå University), Irina Lysén(Uppsala University), and Alexander Pereswetoff-Morath (Stockholm University). In107