Accession number:
MS M.694
Title:
Gospel book from Suceava
Created:
Suceava, Romania, Sept. 30, 1492.
Binding:
17th-century black sheep over boards; blind tooled.
Description:
287 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 310 x 210 mm
Provenance:
According to the colophon on fol. 308, the manuscript was written for Stephen, Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia (d. 1504); the manuscript was in Russia during the 17th century, where flyleaves were added and manuscript placed in its present binding; purchased from Mrs. J.M. Makohin in October 1925.
Notes:
Ms. Gospel book; written and illuminated in Suceava, Romania, and dated Sept. 30, 1492 in the colophon on fol. 308.
Scribe: Teodor.
Decoration: 7 illuminated headpieces; 4 large illuminated initials.
Script:
Cyrillic script
Language:
Church Slavic
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