120C. "Octoich" of Saint John Damascene, copied in manuscript by monk Dorotei of Neamţ, 1805 (includes chronicle notes on the catastrophes of the century, such as an earthquake, the eclipse, the invasion of the Turks, cholera, etc.)
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120C. "Octoich" of Saint John Damascene, copied in manuscript by monk Dorotei of Neamţ, 1805 (includes chronicle notes on the catastrophes of the century, such as an earthquake, the eclipse, the invasion of the Turks, cholera, etc.)
Romanian; 381 pages, title page missing, 28.5 x 20.5 cm, 20,5x28,5
Research information
Însoțită de rapoarte de expertiză Florin Bogdan și Florian Dudaș.
PROVENANCE
Collection notes: 1. Ioan Braeş, 19th century; 2. Nun Olimpia Dashim Hereasca, granddaughter of Bishop of Rădăuţi Dositei Herescu, who managed in 1783 to bring the relics of St. John the New from the eponymous Monastery in Suceava. Participation note at an old books exhibition in Văratec.
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