An 'Apostel', i.e. Slavonic Epistle Book in its usual form
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MS. Bodl. 942
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An 'Apostel', i.e. Slavonic Epistle Book in its usual form:
- Acts (fol. 20) preceded by two introductions (foll. 1, 13), the latter by Iapphia the deacon, and list of Epistles (fol. 18v)
- Canonical Epistles (fol. 122v), Pauline Epistles (fol. 188v) and Hebrews (fol. 375v), each preceded by introductions, list of contents, etc.
- Antiphons and Prokimena for the year (fol. 400: the Saints' days begin on fol. 417v)
- [Description by the rev. dr. Frere.] Fols. 81, 106, 285, 440-2 are injured in the margin.
Dates
- Written in or shortly before A.D. 1557 at Kholmogory, in Russia
Extent
443 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Slavic languages
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Bodl. 942, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Bodl. 942
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18015
Abstract
An 'Apostel', i.e. Slavonic Epistle Book in its usual form
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 2903
Custodial History
Manuscript 225 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Immediate Source of Acquisition
'This boke cost one Roble one Altyne & 2d & was wrytten in Colmogro [Kholmogory, near Archangel] & bounde at Vologda the 7th November 1557': then follows some erased words. 'Lancelot Browne one of her Majesties Physicions hath given this booke vnto the library of Oxefoorde the last of November 1601': it is recorded in the Benefactors' Register under 1602, with the title 'Liber Precationum, cum vitis quorundam Sanctorum, MS. ling. Moscov. 4 [i.e. quarto] Vologdæ'!
Physical Facet
On paper, with red capitals and rubrics; binding, stamped leather on boards, with brass bosses and clasp-fittings, clasps lost, Russian work of A.D. 1577
Dimensions
8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.
- Title
- An 'Apostel', i.e. Slavonic Epistle Book in its usual form
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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