Chasovnik, or Russian prayers, hymns and psalms for private use

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MS. Bodl. 946

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Chasovnik, or Russian prayers, hymns and psalms for private use, written, according to a note on fol. 141, for Thomas Owen (?), an English merchant, in the year 7096 on the 3rd of December, i. e. Dec. 3, 1587.

Dates

Written in A.D. 1807 [actually probably A. D. 1507]

Extent

141 Leaves

Language of Materials

Rundi

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Bodl. 946, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Bodl. 946

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 18111

Additional Description

Abstract

Chasovnik, or Russian prayers, hymns and psalms for private use

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. 3070

Custodial History

Manuscript 226 acquired by the Bodleian Library

Immediate Source of Acquisition

'T[h]omas Har[d]castell is the treve ovner of this booke . Witnesse, John Pullen', 16th cent.: the name of James Pullen occurs on foll, i, ii. This appears to be the 'Psalmi eadem [sc. Moscovitica] lingua. 80' presented by dr. Lancelot Browne in 1601.

Physical Facet

On paper, with red capitals and rubrics; binding, stamped leather on boards, with brass and iron fittings, one clasp only left, Russian 16th cent. work