The Ostromir Gospel 1056-57.
Остромирово Евангелие факсимильное воспроизведение
- Leningrad : Aurora, 1988.
- 294 [i.e. 588] p. : col. ill. ; 38 cm. 1 introductory booklet (14 p. ; 38 cm.)
Full-color facsimile of a Church Slavic manuscript liturgical (aprakos type) lectionary, written in 1056-1057 for Ostromir by Deacon Gregory, now in the Gosudarstvennaia publichnaia biblioteka imeni M.E. Saltykova-Shchedrina, Leningrad (with introductory booklet laid in). Title and imprint from colophon of introductory booklet. The facsimile volume has no t.p. but has a tiny label pasted inside lower cover: The Ostromir Gospel : facsimile reproduction of the manuscript book kept in the Saltykov-Shchedrin Public Library, Leningrad. Leningrad : Aurora Art Publishers. Title on introductory booklet: The Ostromir Gospel (1056-57) : one of the earliest specimens of Slavic writing, a unique monument of the art of the manuscript book in Rus: [introduction] / Nikolai Rozov ; [translated by Cathleen Cook].
Bibliographical references at end of introductory booklet.
5730001428
Orthodox Eastern Church. Orthodox Eastern Church--Liturgy--Texts. National Library of Russia
Evangeliaries--Texts. Church Slavic language--Texts. Manuscripts, Church Slavic--Facsimiles.--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg Illumination of books and manuscripts, Russian--Russia (Federation)--Saint Petersburg.