(Q45338)
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Bible
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Gold tooled bindings (Binding)--Russia--19th centiry
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--Russia--1550-1600
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Bible. Apostles
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circa 1575-1599.
16. century
1575Gregorian
1599
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Extent: 596 leaves, bound (.3 linear feet) : illuminations ; 17 cm
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illuminations
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Written in Church Slavonic in Muscovite semiuncial bookhand in black ink on paper, with manuscript corrections in the margins in 16th-century hand.
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Decorated with red initials and 24 colored and gilt headpieces in simple plaitwork protected by cutout sheets of silk textile, pasted to the preceding leaf.
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Bound in 19th-century saffian leather with gold tooling on boards, with a fragment of the 18th-century binding on the spine with the inscription in Cyrillic, Apostol; sewn on three cords, one clasp missing, one is shelved separately.
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Inscription on f.162 in Cyrillic, 1773 Februa(ry).
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Blank pages inserted to replace missing f.583-587; f.591-595 repaired with plain paper.
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In box; clasp shelved in a sepatrate prefab container.
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Gift of Bayard Livingston Kilgour, 1956.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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