"Hippolytus of Rome. On The End Times, On Christ and the Antichrist (fragment) // Ипполит Римский. Слово о скончании мира, антихристе и втором пришествии Иисуса Христа (фрагмент) // Ippolit Rimskii. S...

Paper: Russian-machine made paper with a stamp of Kosino Paper Mill of Riazantsevs [Косинская фабрика Рязанцевых], Vyatka Governorate, had been made since 1887. [ref.: Клепиков С.А. Филиграни и штемпели на бумаге русского и иностранного производства XVII-XX вв. М., 1959. № 175]. Writing style: half-uncial script. Cyrillic numeric pagination (scriber’s). Decoration: heading and initial with floral ornament (f. 1) – Vermilion. In the Orthodox tradition this text is read on Sunday of Meatfare of the Last Judgment (preceded by Lent). In the Old Believer tradition it is also considered a prophecy about the coming end of the world. F. 35-36 (according to scriber’s pagination) and the end of the text are lost. Without a cover. Readers’ notes. 4° (manuscript size – 213 mm х 165 mm); 40 f; Condition: satisfactory. The manuscript was acquired by the community of Old believers-pilgrims living in the Tomsk-Chulym taiga.