Canon of the Annunciation // Канон Благовещению // Kanon Blagoveshcheniiu [1918-1920s]

Paper: Russian machine-made paper with a stamp of V. Govard’s Troitsk manufacture [Троицкая фабрика В. Говарда], Kaluga Governorate, had been made in 1918. [ref.: Клепиков С.А. Филиграни и штемпели на бумаге русского и иностранного производства XVII-XX вв. М., 1959. № 49]. Writing style: half-uncial script. Decoration: headings and initials with colored inks, head-piece with floral ornament (f. 1). Initials with floral ornament (f. 4, 5, 9-13); end-piece in the so-called style Playing Text [игра текстом] – triangle-shaped objects (f. 14). Without a cover. 8° (manuscript size – 175 mm х 111 mm).; 16 f; Condition: satisfactory. The manuscript was made in the community of Old believers-pilgrims living in the Tomsk-Chulym taiga.