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Medieval Slavic Treasures

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St. Luke
his web site provides textual materials and graphic images dedicated to the development of the production of Slavic medieval manuscripts. The images on this site belong to the manuscript collection of the Historical and Archival Church Institute (HACI) in Sofia, Bulgaria; most of them from the 15th to 17th centuries.





Gospel Cover
Gospel Cover
Here, you will find information about:

  1. Development of book production in medieval Bulgaria
  2. Major decorative elements of medieval manuscripts:
    • Miniatures
    • Headpieces
    • Initials
    • Titles
  3. Major decorative styles of manuscripts
  4. Gospel books and their decoration
  5. Other manuscript decoration
 


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