Nahtigall was born in
Novo Mesto and baptized
Raimund August Nachtigall. Nahtigal's research interests spanned
Old Slavic language and literature, the history of
Slavic languages in general,
Old Russian literature, and the
Russian language itself. He is recognized for his work on the Old Church Slavonic Glagolitic Sinai Prayer Book (
Euchologium Sinaiticum) and
''The Tale of Igor's Campaign'', an Old Russian epic. Nahtigal authored numerous scholarly publications and was awarded the
Prešeren Prize in 1953. == References ==