The Chronicle of George Hamartolos, an Old Russian MS of the 14th Century

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1995-12

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William R. Veder and Michael Bakker, Slavisch Seminarium UvA, Spuistraat 210, 1012 VT Amsterdam (Netherlands)

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The Chronicle, composed in the second half of the 9th century in one of the (sub)urban monasteries of Constantinople by a monk who calls himself ‛αμαρτωλός "sinful," contains the history of the world from the creation until the year 842. Its Slavic translation, which contains a continuation until the year 948, was very widely deseminated in Rus’. This paper provides a detailed description of its oldest known copy.

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Author Institution: Moscow State University
Footnote 33 compares ornamental initials of RGB F.173 MS 100 to “Merilo Pravednoe,” Troica Sergieva Lavra (F.304) MS 15, which is available online <http://www.stsl.ru/manuscripts/book.php?col=1&manuscript=015>

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George, Hamartolus, 9th cent.; George, Hamartolos, 9th cent.; Georgius, monachus, Byzantine Empire -- History -- Early works to 1800, Manuscript RGB F.173.I (MDA-Fund.) 100

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Polata Knigopisnaia: an Information Bulletin Devoted to the Study of Early Slavic Books, Texts and Literatures, v27-28 (December 1995), 90-112