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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Strasti Christovy Collection

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 STR

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Strasti Christovy Collection

Date(s): c 1800

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 volume, manuscript, 225 pp

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Biblical manuscript relating story of the Passion and also including apocryphal material regarding the fate of people involved, c 1800.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Russian - Old Church Slavonic

System of arrangement:

One volume

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

The manuscript is believed to be from the Collection of the Russian Orthodox Church in London. At one time the document was in the hands of 'Old Believers' but was not produced by them.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

Related material:

Publication note:

Fuller description available in Cleminson, R, "Catalogue of Cyrillic Manuscripts" (London, 1988)

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.