LITURGICAL MANUSCRIPT—IRMALOGION. Slavonic liturgical manuscript on paper. [Bogoljubovo Monastery, near...

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LITURGICAL MANUSCRIPT—IRMALOGION.
Slavonic liturgical manuscript on paper. [Bogoljubovo Monastery, near Vladimir, Russia, c. 1798.]
4to (192 x 160 mm). [ccl] ff. Text for chants in red and black, notes reminiscent of neumes, but using the more modern five-line staff rather than the four lined staff of the neumatic system. Blindstamped calf over beveled boards, remnant of one clasp; extensive notations to end-papers in Old Russian. Thumb-soiling, occasional staining, front fly-leaf nearly detached, spine perished, upper cover detached, edges rubbed with some loss to calf at corners and clasps.
Provenance: Prof. & Mrs. Karl H. Menges (book label).

Beautifully executed manuscript Irmalogion, a liturgical work of the Russian Orthodox church based upon the works of St. John of Damascus, executed by scribe Abbot Aristarch of Bogoljubovo Monastery, with his notation to front fly-leaf.
Karl Menges [1908-1999] was professor at Columbia University and an authority on the languages of the Central Asian people in the Soviet Union.