Orthodox Eastern Church

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.

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