O nouă carte imprimată de Sf. Ierarh Martir Antim Ivireanul: Syntagmation, Snagov, 1695
A New Book Printed by St. Hierarch Martyr Anthimos the Iberian: Syntagmation, Snagov, 1695

Summary/Abstract: The purchase of an old book from an auction in the United States of America has enriched the collections of the Holy Synod Library in Bucharest, the repertoire of Anthim the Iberian's prints and the patrimony of Romanian prints with a new typographic achievement totally unknown until now. The book, with a curious format and content, contains a long preface in verse, written in Greek by Anthim the Iberian, and prayers that are said by Christians in their particular time. Happily, the discovered specimen possesses a title sheet and colophon; this new printing is one year ahead of the date of the start of the activity of the printing house at the Snagov Monastery, near Bucharest. In this communication, I intend to present the content of the book and to analyze the preface addressed by the printer, Anthim the Iberian, to Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu, the ruler of Wallachia and the great patron of the Eastern Christians.

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