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Gospel book from Suceava (MS M.694).

Accession number
MS M.694
Object title
Gospel book from Suceava (MS M.694).
Display Date
Sept. 30, 1492.
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
Century
Classification