Zhitīē i zhiznʹ prēpo[do]bnago ōt[t︠s︡]a nashēgo i ispově[d]nika Ḟēō[do]ra, īgumēna ch[ēs]tnȳę ōbitēli studīiskīę / Житіе и жизнь преподобнаго ѡтца нашего и исповѣдника Ѳеѡдора, ігѹмена честныѧ ѡбители стѹдіискіѧ
Extent: 102 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 347 x 220 (203 x 126) mm. bound to 369 x 238 mm.
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Bookseller's label on rear pastedown: MK, Antikvarnyĭ otdel, no 48285. Inscription on rear pastedown: PY Rare Books. Script: Written in semi-uncial; part of title: Zhitīē i zhiznʹ prēpo[do]bnago ōt[t︠s︡]a nashēgo i ispově[d]nika, written in vyaz' calligraphic script. Ms. codex. Collation: Paper; fol. ii + 96 (foliated 1-90, 101-105) + iv; 12 (11 is pastedown, 12 is blank) 2-146 156 (±153) 166 176 (176 is blank) 184 (181−3 are blank, 184 is pastedown); quires signed a-żī [1-16] on first leaf recto and final leaf verso of gathering. Layout: Written in 1 column of 23 lines. Decoration: 6- and 7-line initials in red, blue, and brown. 19 full-page watercolor miniatures highlighted in gilt. Head-pieces in red, yellow, blue, green, and brown. Running headlines in red. Binding: Contemporary brown calf over beveled wooden boards; decorative blind tooled floral ornaments to boards and spine; red morocco label with title in blind to spine; red edges; brass clasps (one lacking). Origin: Text from colophon: "Prēpisasę sīę kniga g[lagole]maę Ḟēō[do]rʺ Stūditʺ, vʺ lěto ō[tʺ] sozdanīę mira #zūaī [7411, that is 1903]. A pisalʺ krēstʹęninʺ Nizhigoro[d]skoĭ gūb. Balakhninskago uězda, Bolʹshēpēsoshninskoĭ volosti, dēr. Kūdashikhi, bli[zʺ] sēla Gorodt︠s︡a. azʺ, zēmlę ī prakhʺ, Ivanʺ Gavrilovʺ Blinovʺ. Pisalʺ zʺ drēvlēpismēnnoĭ knigi vʺ li[stʺ], vʺ kont︠s︡ě kotōroĭ īměetsę... Shelfmark: Ms1476.
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