This manuscript is a bifolium (double sheet), probably it was a part of some codex. It contains two sacred poems: "About the Issue of the Soul from the Body" and "About the Desert". The verses were written in the second half of the 18th century by unprofessional scribe. Perhaps the Old Believer scribe had not any samples of the bookish art, so the ornament in the manuscript is very specific.
Рукопись представляет собой бифолий, возможно, находившийся в рукописи большего объема. На листах сохранилось два духовных стиха: "О исходе души от тела" и "О пустыне". Стихи переписаны во второй половине 18 в. непрофессиональным писцом; возможно, писец-старообрядец был далек от книжной культуры и не имел в своем распоряжении образцов книжного искусства.
Extent: 2 folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Height 21,5 cm, width 18 cm.
Condition of original material: The manuscript has not binding or cover. Probably it was a part of another codex.
Custodial history: The manuscript was collected during the archeographical expedition to the Kargopol region in 1980.
Keywords: Old Believers, Poetry.
