Indexes of Readings for Canonical Worship in the Manuscripts of Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

The article discusses the characteristic features of the manuscripts - monuments of the Old Russian bibliography - indexes of texts for canonical worship readings, composed in the largest old Russian book center - the Kirillo-Belozersky monastery in the second half of 16th - first half of 17th century. Unlike analogous monuments of the Old Russian monastic literature created in other monasteries, indexes from St. Kirill’s monastery are known in more than ten copies. The author studied manuscripts of Kirillo-Belozerskoe, Sofiiskoe and Main Collections in the Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia, including manuscripts introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. The author specifies different versions of these indexes in the manuscript collections of the 16th-17th centuries, and concludes, that there were no less than three different versions of indexes in monastery, and they have been created during approximately one century (starting from 1560s). The tradition of compiling indexes in St. Kirill Belozersky cloister is different, when comparing with indexes from Spaso-Prilutzky, St. Iosif Volokolamsky and St. Antony Siysky monasteries.

Old Russian Manuscripts, Monastery Libraries, Canonical Worship Readings, Indexes of Readings, Veneration of “New Saints”, Obikhodniki, History of Bibliography

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