Troparion and Canon to Saint Michael the Archangel // Тропарь и канон архангелу Михаилу // Tropar' i kanon arkhangelu Mikhailu [1970s-1980s]

Paper: school notebook. Writing style: half-uncial script. Cyrillic numeric pagination (scriber’s). Decoration: headings and thin initials with red pencil; end-piece in the so-called style Playing Text [игра текстом] – triangle-shaped objects (f. 7). In folk Orthodox Christianity the prayer to Archangel Michael is considered a protection against the devil and his servants, jinx and offence. Notebook cover upon which the title “Canon to Saint Michael the Archangel” is written. Readers’ notes. 4°, manuscript size - 230 mm x 168 mm; 7 f; Condition: satisfactory. The manuscript is made in the community of Old believers-pilgrims living in the Tomsk-Chulym taiga.