Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Abstract
Abstract. The article presents the research of an Old Russian copy of Apostolos (Tolstovskii Apostolus,National Library of Russia, Q.p.I.5) yet recently dated by the end of the 13 th – the 14 th century. The codex stands out among other Old Russian written sources having a unique structure. It represents a full-text version (the continuous text type) of the Preslav recension. An online edition of the manuscript was accomplished at Kazan Federal University. This machine-readable publication is accompanied by various search modules and indexes and located on the “Kazan digital collection” page of the “Manuscript” portal. Recently, a hypothesis of the same provenance of this Apostolus and the Onega Psalter (precisely dated by 1395) has emerged. Besides, it is assumed that both manuscripts were produced at a Moscow scriptorium. The article critically examines these hypotheses describing the manuscripts’ history and comparing their handwritings, orthographic systems, and decoration. The study presents an analysis of regionalcharacteristics of Tolstovskii Apostolus, which confirm its north-western origin and root relations with the book culture of the 14 th century. The analysis of the linguistic parameters of both codices was undertaken for the first time.Key words: Old Russian, book culture, continuous Apostolos, manuscript history, dialectal features
