Ucrainica at Harvard
The Ukrainian Research Institute's 25th-Anniversary Exhibition at Houghton Library, Harvard University
The Ukrainian Research Institute's 25th-Anniversary Exhibition at Houghton Library, Harvard University
2. Early Slavonic Psalter (southern Rus')
Second half of 12th century.
Written in Rus' Church Slavonic by a single scribe, this Psalter, one of a very small group of surviving early decorated Russian Psalters, is the oldest Slavic manuscript in the United States. It contains the simple Psalter text from Psalm 23:6 to the heading of Psalm 143 with lacunae caused by the removal of about 25 leaves. On vellum with initials in gold and colors, predominately Byzantine in style.
Gift of Philip Hofer, from H. P. Kraus, 1954.