Ostromir Gospel

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The Ostromir Codex, written in the Church Slavonic with many vernacular words, is famous for its brilliant miniatures.

Ostromir Gospel is the oldest dated East Slavic book (and the second-oldest extant book after the Novgorod Codex discovered in 2000). It was created by deacon Gregory for his patron, Posadnik Ostromir of Novgorod, in 1056 or 1057. It is thought that the book was taken from one of Novgorod monasteries to the personal collection of Catherine II, who donated all her MSS to the Imperial Public Library. The book was discovered in the library by Alexander Vostokov and published in 1843.

See also

• Novgorod Codex (first quarter of 11th c.) | Svyatoslav's Miscellanies (1073, 1076) | Archangel Gospel (1092) | Mariinsky Gospel (11th cent.) | Mstislav Gospel (1117) | Yuriev Gospel (1119) | Halych Gospel (1144) | Dobrila Gospel (1164) | Pantaleon Gospel (12th cent.) | Eusebius Gospel (1282) | Chelm Gospel (13th cent.)

External links

• [Images from the Ostromir gospel]

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