![MUSIC -- FESTAL STIKHERARION, in Church Slavonic, Russian Old Believer, illuminated manuscript on paper [Russia, early 19th century]. Small 2° (272 x 197mm). 252 leaves (first and last leaf excised paste-down), mostly 14 lines in black and red ink in semi-uncial script, opening leaf with full-page illuminated title in red and green on gold ground, 12 head-pieces in red and green on yellow ground, most with decorative initial, 2 large initials in colours and gold, 12 large initials in red. (Some leaves slightly soiled.) Contemporary blindstamped calf, spine in seven compartments (slightly rubbed, recased with marbled paste-downs, clasps repaired).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_03013_0205_000(music_--_festal_stikherarion_in_church_slavonic_russian_old_believer_i125101).jpg?w=1)
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MUSIC -- FESTAL STIKHERARION, in Church Slavonic, Russian Old Believer, illuminated manuscript on paper [Russia, early 19th century]. Small 2° (272 x 197mm). 252 leaves (first and last leaf excised paste-down), mostly 14 lines in black and red ink in semi-uncial script, opening leaf with full-page illuminated title in red and green on gold ground, 12 head-pieces in red and green on yellow ground, most with decorative initial, 2 large initials in colours and gold, 12 large initials in red. (Some leaves slightly soiled.) Contemporary blindstamped calf, spine in seven compartments (slightly rubbed, recased with marbled paste-downs, clasps repaired).
Hymns for the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, including the Birth of the Mother of God, the Elevation of the True Cross, Christmas, Epiphany, the Annunciation, Holy Week and Easter, the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the Transfiguration and the Dormition of the Mother of God.
Hymns for the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, including the Birth of the Mother of God, the Elevation of the True Cross, Christmas, Epiphany, the Annunciation, Holy Week and Easter, the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the Transfiguration and the Dormition of the Mother of God.