2 Leaves Russian Orthodox Old Church Slavonic Manuscript Bible with Red Ink


2 Leaves Russian Orthodox Old Church Slavonic Manuscript Bible with Red Ink

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2 Leaves Russian Orthodox Old Church Slavonic Manuscript Bible with Red Ink:
$25.00


For sale are two (2) Old Church Slavonichandwritten manuscript sheets or leaves. These two handwritten manuscriptleaves (with four pages of text) dated to the18th century on heavylaid paper. Size of each sheet is about 7 in. x 10 in. Verybeautiful calligraphic writing in the Cyrillic alphabet of the Old ChurchSlavonic language in black ink with some red rubrication.Thesemanuscript leaves arevery beautiful. On these twoleaves, there are nine (9) large handwritten initials, as well as forty-three (43) words written in red ink (see the scanned images). Also, on thesetwomanuscript leaves, there are many instances of the NOMINA SACRA orSacred Names: four (4) instances of \"Christ\"; six (6) instances of \"God\"; three (3) instances of \"Lord\"; and \"Spirit.\" Also, there are four (4) instances of Pascha, which means \"The Passover,\" or \"The Paschal Lamb,\" or \"The Easter Festival,\" depending on context. Very beautiful leaves. These leaves may have stains, ink smears, anddiscoloration on thesheets, due to their age and liturgical use over thecenturies.

These areoriginal handwritten Slavonicmanuscript leaves, notmodern reproductions. The winner willreceive the original Old Church Slavonic leaves, as well as xerox copies withthe identified and translated words marked on the copies (see the lastscanned images), which are provided by an expert who has a Ph.D. degreein Biblical Studies, received from the University of Birmingham, in Birmingham, England.

Guarantee of Authenticity. All of the leaves we sell (whether handwrittenmanuscripts or printed texts) are ORIGINALS. We guaranteeeverything we sell to be original and authentic. Due to their age, someimperfections can be expected, so please read our descriptions and view ourscanned images carefully. We stand behind our inventory and want to make surethat all of our clients are completely satisfied with their purchases.


2 Leaves Russian Orthodox Old Church Slavonic Manuscript Bible with Red Ink:
$25.00

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