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Archbishop Gennady’s Bible

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Archbishop Gennady’s Bible

Text Type Source  - The name of the document volume or collection

Some Byzantine, mostly older Church Slavonic, and a some Latin Vulgate.

Traditional Source 

Novgorod, Russia

Thesis  -The nomenclature of the books (scrolls) in English or as found in other sources. 

About 76 Books/Scrolls compiled. Completed in 1499 in Novgorod, this manuscript served as the basis for the printed Ostrog Bible of 1581.

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Author of the project: Archbishop Gennady of Novgorod, who is commemorated every year December 4 and 3rd Sunday of Pentecost
Title: The complete corpus of Old and New Testaments
Date: 1480-1499
Edition: Novgorod scriptorium
Pages: 1007 folio leaves
Language: Old Church Slavonic. The significant grammatical and textual changes to the Old Church Slavonic version of the text appeared in the 18th century (Elizabethan Bible) and then, in the 19th and 20th centuries. The psalm’s version in Gennady’s Bible appears to stay unchanged since the first translation of the Psalter from Greek in the 9th century. You can read more https://bibleacrossnations.rarebook-ubfc.fr/?page_id=286

About 76 Books/Scrolls compiled. Completed in 1499 in Novgorod, this manuscript served as the basis for the printed Ostrog Bible of 1581.

Here are a few additional resources for those who want to continue learning and exploring:

The Adoration of the Magi (wise men from the East): Melchior, Caspar, and Balthasar with the Shepherds of Bethlehem Commemorated every December 24 in the Roman Catholic (Gregorian Calendar aka Revised Julian Calendar or New Style) and January 6 in the Orthodox Tradition (Julian Calendar aka Old Style).

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