Word about law and Grace of Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kyiv
Reconstruction of a text based on a 15th-century handwritten copy. Large ustav in 2 rows. The manuscript is decorated with frontispieces, headpieces and initials in a teratological style. Vegetable parchment, 160 pages
The manuscript was created in Kyiv in 2010-2011. The manuscript contains the text of the Word on Law and Grace and other works of the Kyiv Metropolitan Hilarion
Words about Law and Grace - an outstanding work of political and philosophical thought and theosophical views of Metropolitan Hilarion of Kyiv in the 11th century
Hilarion, being a Rusyn, was the first metropolitan of non-Greek origin. In his work, Metropolitan Hilarion outlined his vision of the emergence of Orthodoxy in Rus', and also substantiated the historical and socio-political trends in the formation of its statehood
The text is taken as a basis from a manuscript copy of the 15th century (Syn. No. 591). The typographical errors in it have been corrected in accordance with the spelling rules of the 14th century.
Manuscript embellishments:
Five miniatures depicting Jesus Pantocrator, the prophet Moses, the Grand Kyiv Duke St. Volodimir, Yaroslav the Wise, Metropolitan Hilarion of Kyiv
Each of the miniatures was painted in egg tempera and framed by frontispieces executed in the teratological style
The manuscript is also decorated with 2 headpieces and seven capital initials.
Manuscript binding - boards covered with leather; hot stamping; book locks - brass, casting; leather bookcase
Handwritten text, frontispieces, initials - Yuri Khrapai
Miniatures - Anna Sheveleva (Kyiv)
Vegetable parchment, 160 pages
Bookends - handmade marble comb paper
Manuscript dimensions: 32x24 cm; 160 pages