120. "Octoich" of Saint John Damascene, copied in manuscript by monk Dorotei of Neamţ, 1805 (includes chronicle notes on the catastrophes of the century, such as an earthquake, the eclipse, the invasion of the Turks, cholera, etc.)

Starting price

EUR 350

Sold post auction

EUR 438

Session

Thu, 29 March 2018 19:30

Dimensions

width 20.5 cm, height 28.5 cm, custom 20,5x28,5

Description

Romanian; 381 pages, title page missing

Research information

Însoțită de rapoarte de expertiză Florin Bogdan și Florian Dudaș.

PROVENANCE

Collection notes: 1. Ioan Braeş, 19th century; 2. Nun Olimpia Dashim Hereasca, granddaughter of Bishop of Rădăuţi Dositei Herescu, who managed in 1783 to bring the relics of St. John the New from the eponymous Monastery in Suceava. Participation note at an old books exhibition in Văratec.

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