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Egypt, Sinai, Mt., Monastery of St. Catherine, Sin.Slav.34. Catalog: 34. Collection: Old Collection.

Physical descriptionMaterial: Parchment and paper. Extent: 81 ff. Layout: In 1 column, 25 lines per page. Condition: Parts of the MS are now kept at the Russian National Library in Sankt Petersburg. Those are three palimpsest fragments: Q.p.1.63, Q.p.I.64, and Gr.70.
Scribe

Summary: Three scribes

  • Hand: The three scribes used three different orthographic systems: Middle Bulgarian, Russian and Middle Bulgarian with rusisms, respectively.
ContentsContains works of Ephraem the Syrian, John Chrysostom, some apocryphal works, Life of the Russian princess Olga, etc.
History13th c. Parts of the MS were taken by K. Tischendorf and deposited at the Russian National Library in Sankt Petersburg ( Загребин 1979 ).
BibliographyClark 1952: 133 (No. 34); Загребин 1979; Розов 1961: 133; Сперанский 1927: 110-112 (No. 34).