Mstislav Gospel

Mstislav Gospel is a 12th-century manuscript of the four Gospels on parchment in Old Church Slavonic. It is kept in the State Historical Museum in Moscow.[1][2] The manuscript contains the text of the four Gospels on 213 parchment leaves (35.3 by 28.6 cm).

The book was prepared on the order of Mstislav the Great for one of the churches in Novgorod. In 1551, Ivan the Terrible commissioned a treasure binding which incorporates 13 Byzantine miniatures from the 10th century, 5 miniatures from the 11th century and 6 Russian miniatures from the 12th century.

After the Massacre of Novgorod, like other ancient treasures of Novgorod, the book was brought to the Moscow Kremlin, where it was placed in the Cathedral of the Archangel.

References
  1. "Евангелие апракос полный ("Мстиславово евангелие")". Славянские Евангелия. Интернет-версия электронного многотекстового издания. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  2. "Copy of Mstislav Gospel. 1855. Copyist: Osip Bodyansky". The National Library of Russia. 2007. Retrieved 2013-10-14.

Further reading
  • Колпакова Г. С. (2007). Искусство Древней Руси: Домонгольский период. Новая история искусства. М.: Азбука. pp. 200–202. ISBN 978-5-352-02088-3.
  • Лидия Петровна Жуковская (1983). Апракос Мстислава Великого. М.
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