The Ostomir Lectionary


1056 - 1057 yy.

Copied for Novgorod posadnik Ostomir.

Parchment (294 sheets). 35 X 30 cm.

Unical, in two columns. Miniatures, headpieces and initials are in colour. Titles of the chapters in gold. Copied by deaco Gregory.

The original binding has not survived.

The Saltykov - Shchedrin Public Library, St. Petersburg.


The Evangelist Luke. Sheet 87, verso.

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Initial V and text. Sheet 22, verso.

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Initials R and text. Sheet 20.

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