Synodal Collection Moscow
The Synodal Collection (Russian Синодальное собрание ) is a collection of manuscripts and documents in the State Historical Museum in Moscow . It includes manuscripts in Church Slavonic and Greek as well as church documents from the 6th to the 19th century. The collection was in the Synodal Library of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow until 1920 .
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Greek manuscripts
The collection contains 520 manuscripts from the 6th to the 17th centuries. These contain biblical texts, texts by Orthodox church fathers and theologians, liturgical texts as well as secular philosophical, medical and other scientific texts.
Most of the manuscripts were acquired in 1654 by the monk Arsenij Sukhanov on behalf of Patriarch Nikon in various monasteries on Mount Athos .
Slavic manuscripts
This collection comprises a total of 1172 manuscripts, primarily of a liturgical character, such as evangelists, apostolaries, Menee and others from the 11th to the 19th centuries in Church Slavonic. The manuscripts come from the libraries of various churches and monasteries in Moscow and Arkhangelsk.
Web links
- Greek manuscripts from the Synodal Collection in the State Historical Museum (Russian)
- Church Slavonic manuscripts from the Synodal Collection in the Moscow State Historical Museum (Russian)