New aspects regarding the Tetraevangelia written by the monk Gavril Uric in Neamţ Monastery in 1429
New aspects regarding the Tetraevangelia written by the monk Gavril Uric in Neamţ Monastery in 1429
Author(s): Elena-Ene VasilescuSubject(s): Library operations and management, Historical Linguistics, 15th Century, Eastern Orthodoxy, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: Tetraevangel (Tetraevangheliar); Gospel Book; Bodleian Library MS; Canon; Graeci; 122; Old Slavonic; Bulgarian recension; manuscript; evangelists; monastery; scribes; illumination; frontispieces;
Summary/Abstract: The Tetraevangheliar [Four Gospel Book] written by Gavril Uric in Neamţ Monastery, Moldova, in 1429 was ordered by Princess Marina, the wife of Alexander the Kind. It is now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, as MS. Canon. Graeci. 122. Emil Turdeanu is the researcher who wrote about it the most, but the new research here extends his work by considering some of the questions he left unanswered. We enquire as to how typical the Old Slavonic in this document is of the language of manuscripts written in that period. Another question concerns how Uric’s Gospel reached Venice, and finally the paper asks when the Greek text in the manuscript was added to the original Slavonic. We do not pretend that all the answers we give are certain, but offer some suggestions supported by documented evidence.
Journal: Romanoslavica
- Issue Year: XLVI/2010
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 83-114
- Page Count: 32
- Language: English