Paper: 1) Russian machine-made without labels or with a stamp lost during restoration (f. 1-84, 121-157, 178-181); 2) Russian machine-made with the white date “1859” (f. 85-120); 3) Russian machine made with a stamp, faint imprint, unidentified (f. 158-177); 4) Russian machine-made with a stamp of the Sloboda-Kordiaga Paper Mill of A. Platunov [Слободская кордяжская фабрика А. Платунова], Vyatka Governorate, had been made in 1856. (f. 182-272). [ref.: Клепиков С.А. Филиграни и штемпели на бумаге русского и иностранного производства XVII-XX вв. М., 1959. № 152]. Writing style: half-uncial script by several hands. Cyrillic numeric pagination (scriber’s).
Decoration: headings, initials, end-pieces with vermilion, paints and inks; miniatures and picture on margins with paints. 73 miniatures (f. 15, 22, 24, 34, 37, 42, 44, 49, 52, 56, 61, 67, 70, 75, 77, 79, 81, 84, 87, 90, 94, 97, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 111, 115, 118, 121, 124, 126, 128, 132, 135, 138, 142, 145, 147, 150, 152, 154, 157, 160, 162, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 179, 182, 185, 189, 194, 196, 198, 201, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 215, 218, 221, 231, 234, 236, 238, 240); picture on margins with number of chapter (f. 16); head-pieces with floral ornament (f. 1, 6, 16, 26, 45); headings with vyaz (f.1, 6, 26, 32, 50, 57, 62, 68, 76, 78, 80); initials with floral ornament (f. 4, 6, 16, 20, 21, 26, 32, 35, 38, 45, 50, 53, 57, 62, 68, 71, 76, 78, 80, 82, 85, 88, 91, 95, 98, 101, 103, 105, 107, 109, 112, 116, 119, 122, 125, 127, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 148, 151, 153, 155, 158, 161, 163, 167, 169, 171, 173, 175, 177, 180, 183, 186, 190, 195, 197, 199, 202, 205, 207, 209, 211, 213, 216, 219, 222, 232, 235, 237, 239, 241, 244; end-pieces with floral ornament added with the so-called style Playing Text [игра текстом] (paints) (f. 14, 272); end-pieces with floral ornament added with Playing Text (inks, vermilion) (f. 5, 41, 43, 48, 51, 55, 60, 66, 69, 74, 78, 96, 101, 146, 219, 220, 235, 237); schematic end-pieces , added with Playing Text (f. 3, 33, 37, 83, 86, 88, 89, 101, 93, 99, 105, 114, 117, 120, 125, 131, 137, 141, 144, 149, 151, 153, 156, 161, 169, 173, 178, 188, 193, 197, 200, 203, 205, 209, 211, 214, 217, 230, 233, 242); schematic end-pieces (f. 66, 195); end-piece with Playing Text (f. 77, 103, 123, 127, 134, 159, 167, 171, 175, 181, 184, 207, 239).
Binding: 18th century, wooden binding, leather with tooling, fragments of 2 clasps. Readers’ notes. Enclosure – fragment of the Old Believer edition of Menologium [Месяцеcлов] (July).
2° (size of book block– 350 mm х 220 mm, binding size – 370 mm х 250 mm, binding height – 80 mm). Enclosure – 2 folios (181 mm x 113 mm); 273 f. 2 f. (enclosure); Condition: satisfactory. The manuscript was made in the community of Old believers-pilgrims living in the Tomsk-Chulym taiga. The manuscript has traces of old restoration: binding was changed, the spine and lost fragments of text were restored, f.6 and 22 were mixed up during the restoration; date of restoration – 1970s-1990s, restoration place– Taiga Skit of the Old Believers-Pilgrims.
