Acts and Epistles of the Apostles
The Acts and Epistles of the Apostles,[a][1] also known as the Moscow Apostle,[b][1] or simply the Apostle,[c] completed in 1564, is the first Russian printed publication that has an exact date. It was published by Ivan Fyodorov in Moscow.[2][1]
It includes a short history of the origins of the Moscow Print Yard, written by the printer. The work on the "Apostle" began on 19 April 1563 and finished on 1 March 1564.[3]
It was published at the Moscow Print Yard and written in the liturgical language of the Russian Orthodox Church. Ivan Fyodorov was one of the first printers in the East Slavic region, publishing liturgical works using movable type. The "Apostle" was widely used by the Russian Orthodox Church and about 120 copies are known to exist, of which five are in the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine.[4]
It is notable for containing the only contemporary portrait of Ivan IV of Russia.
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b c Lytvynenko & Shpakovsky 2023, p. 16.
- ^ Stone 2013, p. xix.
- ^ [1] Unknown, n.d. Acts and Epistles of the Apostles. (s.l.): (s.n.) at The European Library online
- ^ "The Acts and the Epistles of the Apostles". www.wdl.org. 1574. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
Sources
- Lytvynenko, Viacheslav V.; Shpakovsky, Mikhail V. (13 March 2023). Zinoviy Otenskiy and the Trinitarian Controversy in Sixteenth-Century Russia: Introduction, Texts, and Translation. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-53805-4.
- Stone, Jonathan (2013). Historical Dictionary of Russian Literature. Rowman & Littlefield. p. xix. ISBN 978-0-8108-7182-3.
External links
- Acts and Epistles of the Apostles (1564) in The European Library 1st image