The monuments of book culture: Facsimile of Radoslavovo Gospel of the beginning of the XV century donated to Serbia

August 11, 2016 in the Republic of Serbia in the Embassy in Moscow under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of Russia was donated the Serbian manuscript facsimile of beginning of the XV century - Radoslavovo Gospel.

Director General of the National Library of Russia Alexander Visly presented edition to the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in the Russian Federation Slavenko Terzic.

Dr. Slavenko Terzic expressed sincere gratitude on behalf of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Russia for support in the manufacture of a facsimile of the Gospel of the National Library of Russia. He also said that a copy will be sent to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade, and will be presented at the exhibition in the framework of XXIII Congress of Byzantine Studies, which will be held in Belgrade from 22 to 27 August.

Radoslavovo Gospel - one of the most famous monuments of ancient Serbian manuscript heritage. The manuscript came into the Imperial Public Library (now the National Library) in 1883 as part of the collection of Bishop Porphyry (Assumption).

In the decoration of manuscripts vividly reflected the traditions of Byzantine art, dating back to the reign of the last Palaeologus dynasty. Evangelists’ pictures painted colors on a gold background, with the Evangelists depict their characters as well as the personification of God's Wisdom, with a halo of two intersecting rhombuses.