Content:
Part 1 contains, in Russian: (ff. 1r-22r) Life of David. - (ff.
22v-25v) Other biblical stories and parables. - (ff. 26r-31v)
Liturgical instructions for monks. - Empty: f. 1r
Part 2 contains, in Russian: (ff. 33r-149r) Liturgikon
(služébnik), a service book, incomplete, with 17 liturgies
(common of saints). - Empty: f. 32r-v (except for a
monogram/ex-libris in red on 32r with cyrillic characters for s, t,
b, n, e, and u), one unnumbered leaf after f. 32, and f. 149v. Note:
Watermarks: similarity with Likachev 1994, nrs. 1829-1830 on plate
177, dating 1557/8 (hand with trefoil, ff. 64, 65, 125); nrs.
1358-1359 on plate 179, dating 1508 (hand with quatrefoil,
ff.82-83. For some watermarks with bull's head and cross, no eyes
(ff. 129, 139, 145) no similarity found in Likachev 1994, plates
185-253.
Two parts (related?). The first part, has been used separately from
the second, in view of the wear and tear of f. 31v. The preceding
leaf (f. 30), although written in the same hand, has been inserted.
It is a text fragment with sayings from a paterikon, inconsistent
with the surrounding text.
Script: Part 1 written by one scribe. Part 2 written by several
hands (scribes?).
Decoration: 1 full-page miniature (178x105 mm), 17 miniatures
(148/80x100/84 mm); border decoration (f. 2r); pen-drawn initials
(ff. 35v, 40v, 41r, 42v, 43r, etc.), rubrics at the beginning of
each service.
Binding: Medieval binding, contemporary. - Leather cover (brown,
blind-tooled), no boards, with fore-edge flap (pentagonal, closing
back to front); adhered.
Textual: (ff. 33-149) Contents of the liturgikon: general service
for all saints (f. 33r-); services for one apostle (f. 41v-), for
two or more apostles (f. 48v), for one saint (f. 53v-), for two or
more saints (f. 62v-), for one holy martyr (f. 68v-), for two or
more holy martyrs (f. 75r-), for one holy monk (f. 80v-), for two
or more holy monks (f. 87r-), for one martyr (f. 91v-), for two or
more martyrs (f. 96v-), for one monk-martyr (f. 101v-), for two
monk-martyrs (f. 110v-), for one female martyr (f. 117r-), for two
or more female martyrs (f. 124v-), for one holy nun (f. 132v-), for
two or more holy nuns (f. 141r).
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (Senguerdius & 1716):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:290399
Description (Molhuysen 1910):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3151050
Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294
Also described by A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The
Hague). Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
16th century
