Pravda Rus'kaya as part of a legal collection of the fourteenth century

The manuscript was created in Kyiv in 2010-2011, this is the second reconstruction of the text of Pravda Rus'kaya, made in our Manuscript Workshop

The manuscript is a collection, the basis of which is the reconstruction of the text of the Extended Edition of Pravda Rus'kaya. The handwritten text of the Trinity I list (XIV century) is taken as the basis, which is considered the most serviceable of the known lists of Pravda.

The errors and omissions in it have been corrected; missing words and missing articles are supplemented based on the content and comparison of known lists

In addition to Pravda Rus'kaya, the handwritten collection includes other sources of ancient Rus' law (the Judgment Law for people, the Court of Obedience, City Laws, etc.). The manuscript is decorated with a miniature, capital initials and teratological headpieces, written in egg tempera in the tradition of Old Rus' handwritten books.

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Handwritten text - Khrapai Yuri

Miniature of the Righteous Judge - Olga Tarasenko (Nosak), Kyiv

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Manuscript dimensions: 32 x 24 cm, 290 pages

Material - handmade paper

Manuscript binding - boards covered with leather, hot stamping; book locks