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Khitrovo Gospels

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20: 61:, and is the only illumination usually attributed to him, although some art historians incline to attribute at least all the full-pages miniatures to him. All the initials are painted in colour and gold, and many pages are richly ornamented. The style is elegant with light colours and expressive faces. 126: 165: 170: 57:
and four pictures of their symbols (the eagle, angel, lion, and bull), the latter the earliest known Russian full-page examples. The angel is attributed to
80:, where Andrey Rublev used to be a monk. After the nationalisation of the monastic library the Khitrovo Gospel was incorporated in the holdings of the 119: 155: 50: 175: 134: 73: 32: 160: 81: 150: 43: 39: 54: 122:
Treasure no. 4 of Rossiiskaya Gosudarstvennaya Biblioteka (Russian-Moscow National Library)
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from the late 14th or early 15th century. The book has numerous similarities to the
35: 69: 19: 130: 77: 112:, Thames & Hudson, London (or Braziller NY), 1984, nos 36-39 23:
The Man of Matthew, a miniature attributed to Andrey Rublev.
68:, a powerful boyar who obtained the manuscript from Tsar 46:, and other East Slavic manuscripts of the 1390s. 8: 72:. Khitrovo bequeathed the gospel to the 18: 92: 166:Memory of the World Register in Russia 120:An online view and a short description 171:National Library of Russia collection 7: 14: 110:Russian Illuminated Manuscripts 64:The gospel takes its name from 16:Russian illuminated manuscript 1: 135:Memory of the World Register 49:It contains eight full page 156:Old East Slavic manuscripts 192: 99:Popova (op cit) for one 24: 82:Russian State Library 22: 176:Cyrillic manuscripts 55:Evangelist portraits 44:Kiev Psalter of 1397 25: 74:Trinity Monastery 183: 113: 106: 100: 97: 29:Khitrovo Gospels 191: 190: 186: 185: 184: 182: 181: 180: 141: 140: 127:Khitrovo Gospel 116: 107: 103: 98: 94: 90: 66:Bogdan Khitrovo 17: 12: 11: 5: 189: 187: 179: 178: 173: 168: 163: 158: 153: 143: 142: 139: 138: 123: 115: 114: 108:Popova, Olga, 101: 91: 89: 86: 40:Koshka Gospels 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 188: 177: 174: 172: 169: 167: 164: 162: 159: 157: 154: 152: 149: 148: 146: 136: 132: 128: 124: 121: 118: 117: 111: 105: 102: 96: 93: 87: 85: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 62: 60: 59:Andrei Rublev 56: 52: 47: 45: 41: 37: 34: 31:is a Russian 30: 21: 161:Gospel Books 109: 104: 95: 63: 48: 28: 26: 151:1390s books 84:in Moscow. 36:Gospel Book 33:illuminated 145:Categories 88:References 70:Fyodor III 51:miniatures 53:; four 131:UNESCO 78:Moscow 76:near 125:The 27:The 133:'s 129:at 147:: 42:, 137:.

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illuminated
Gospel Book
Koshka Gospels
Kiev Psalter of 1397
miniatures
Evangelist portraits
Andrei Rublev
Bogdan Khitrovo
Fyodor III
Trinity Monastery
Moscow
Russian State Library
An online view and a short description
Khitrovo Gospel
UNESCO
Memory of the World Register
Categories
1390s books
Old East Slavic manuscripts
Gospel Books
Memory of the World Register in Russia
National Library of Russia collection
Cyrillic manuscripts

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