Paper: Russian machine-made paper with a stamp and an inscription “Писчая бумага” [Writing-paper], had been made in the 1913 [ref.: Клепиков С.А. Штемпели на бумаге русского и иностранного производства XIX-XX вв. (Дополнение к таблице, опубликованной в 1956 г.) // Археографический ежегодник за 1966 год. М., 1968. № 112]. Writing style: half-uncial script. Cyrillic numeric pagination (scriber’s). Decorations: headings, initials with red inks, headpieces with floral ornament (f. 1, 4, 6); initials with floral ornament ( f. 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 28 , 35, 44, 46, 54, 57, 60, 65, 67, 69, 73, 79, 80, 83, 85, 87, 90, 95, 98); end-piece with floral ornament (f. 101); схематичная концовка (f. 50); end-piece in the so-called style Playing Text [игра текстом] – triangle-shaped objects (f. 5, 29, 33).
The Commentary on the Apocalypse of Andreas of Caesarea is very popular among the Old Believers. Its ideas are about the existence of eight kingdoms (the last of which is the Kingdom of the Antichrist) and methods of exegesis. Binding: 1913 -1920s, textile, cardboard; 4th quarter of the 20th century - paper sticker with the inscription “Apocalypse” [Апокалипсис] and paper “bunch of flowers” cut out from a box of chocolates were glued to the upper binding. Readers’ notes and bookmarks. 4° (size of book block – 223 mm х 179 mm, binding size – 236 mm х 182 mm, binding height – 189 mm); 111 f; Condition: satisfactory. The manuscript was acquired by the community of Old believers-pilgrims living in the Tomsk-Chulym taiga.
