Word about Igor's Campaign (manuscript on birch bark)

The manuscript was created in Kyiv in 1986-1989

It contains a handwritten reconstruction of the Lay about Igor's Campaign, as well as the Hagiographic Tale of knyaz Mikhail of Chernigov.

The manuscript is written on birch bark in a large stylized semi-ustav. This manuscript is the first manuscript on birch bark in the form of a code created by Yuri Khrapai

Writing material and endpapers - finely dressed birch bark (top layer of birch bark)

 

Manuscript embellishments:

4 miniatures with stories about the campaign of Knyaz Igor from the Radziwill Chronicle, 4 headpieces and 30 handwritten initials in the teratological and braided style, ligature, 3 miniatures with stories from the life story about Mikhail Chernigov

 

Miniatures, handwritten text, screensavers and initials - Khrapai Yuri

 

Manuscript sizes:  22 x 15 cm; 80 pages

Material - birch bark

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