"Solide und informative Darstellung des Gegenstandes unter Verarbeitung der wichtigsten relevanten Literatur." (Die Sprache)

"...a very useful handbook not only for the specialist but also for the general Slavicist." (CSP)

"... full of useful information about the Slavic languages." (SEEJ)

"...well organized and accessible not only to students of the Slavic languages, but to students of general historical linguistics as well. ... Beyond the inclusion of recent theories and findings in the field, C's contribution with this book is is concise and effective organization of the material." (Language)

This valuable instructive volume (Journal of Indo-European Studies)

"Indeed, anyone concerned with problems of paleography may read this study with pleasure and profit. ... Corin's exposition is scrupulously lucid..." (MLR)

"Mozhem da obobshchim, che recenziranata monografija predstavljava ne samo znachitelen prinos v izuchavaneto na x"rvatskata redakcija, no i otbeljazva znachitelen napred"k v razrabotkata na metodicheskite principi za analiz na edin otdelen r"kopis i na chla grupa ot r"kopisi v blizko edno do drugo izp"lnenie." (SE)

"Das Buch stellt ein wichtigen Schritt... dar." (Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch)

"...contains 23 papers of a generally very high standard. ... This volume should be acquired by all libraries with serious Slavic collections. ...the editors and publishers are to be congratulated..." (SR)

"...a reference work worth owning." (SEEJ)