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Manuscrisele slave din Biblioteca Academiei Române din Cluj-Napoca
The Slavic manuscripts of the Romanian Academy Library of Cluj-Napoca

Author(s): Anca Opait
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Editura Mega Print SRL
Keywords: the four-gospel; Slavonic; manuscript; filigree; patrimony

Summary/Abstract: There are thirty-five Slavic manuscripts in the custody of the Romanian Academy Library of Cluj-Napoca, and they all date back since the 15th-18th centuries. They are written calligraphically on sheets of paper or parchment with ornamental elements stylistically improved. They may be found in a more limited or extensive form. The copies are bound in covers made up of wood wrapped up in leather, and represent various cult books, books of theological exegesis, hagiographical texts, grammar books and some apocryphal writings. The manuscripts may be considered real guide marks for the study of the interstate political and commercial relations, if we take into account the fact that they present a varied scale of marks worked in filigree, and their marginal notes map up their diffusion or bring forward new historical data.

  • Issue Year: 12/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 17-25
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian