Hypatian Codex

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The Hypatian Codex (Hypatian Chronicle, Ipatiev Chronicle, Russian: ) is a compendium of three chronicles: Primary Chronicle, Kiev Chronicle, and Halych-Volhynian Chronicle.

The Hypatian Codex was discovered at the Ipatiev Monastery of Kostroma, Russia, by the Russian historian Nikolay Karamzin. The Hypatian manuscript dates back to the 15th century, but it incorporates much precious information from the lost 12th-century Kievan and 13th-century Halychian chronicles. The language of this work is Old Church Slavonic with many East Slavisms. Since 1810, the codex has been preserved in the Russian National Library, St Petersburg.

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