Mstislav Gospel

Mstislav Gospel is a 12th-century manuscript of the four Gospels on parchment in Old Church Slavonic. It is kept in the State Historical Museum in Moscow.[1][2] The manuscript contains the text of the four Gospels on 213 parchment leaves (35.3 by 28.6 cm). Its miniatures, headpieces, and illuminated initials are in several colors and contain copious amounts of gold.[3]

The book was commissioned by Mstislav the Great and written by scribe Alexa for one of the churches in Novgorod.[4] In 1551, Ivan the Terrible commissioned a treasure binding which incorporates 13 Byzantine miniatures from the 10th century, 5 miniatures from the 11th century and 6 Russian miniatures from the 12th century.

After the Massacre of Novgorod, like other ancient treasures of Novgorod, the book was brought to the Moscow Kremlin, where it was placed in the Cathedral of the Archangel.

References
  1. "Евангелие апракос полный ("Мстиславово евангелие")". Славянские Евангелия. Интернет-версия электронного многотекстового издания. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  2. "Copy of Mstislav Gospel. 1855. Copyist: Osip Bodyansky". The National Library of Russia. 2007. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  3. Birnbaum, Henrik; Eekman, Thomas; McLean, Hugh (1 January 1992). California Slavic Studies. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520070257 – via Google Books.
  4. "The Mstislav Lectionary / "Velikiy Novgorod" - City portal".

Further reading
  • Колпакова Г. С. (2007). Искусство Древней Руси: Домонгольский период. Новая история искусства. М.: Азбука. pp. 200–202. ISBN 978-5-352-02088-3.
  • Лидия Петровна Жуковская (1983). Апракос Мстислава Великого. М.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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