Moscow Monastery - Old Church Psalter - 1646

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Moscow Monastery - Old Church Psalter is a 280‑page Russo-language psalter dating to 1646 at the oldest, in a sem encadernação binding, 22 by 16 cm, with two‑colour Old Church Slavonic printing, a cinnabar‑illuminated woodcut of the Prophet and King David, an ornate initial Б and a floral‑geometric headpiece, and pages detached in Mau condition requiring restoration.

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The Psalter (Book of Psalms), printed in the traditional Old Church Slavonic/Old Believer style.
Two-color printing (black ink and cinnabar/vermilion).
A woodcut (xylography) depicting the Holy Prophet and King David illuminated while writing the Psalms.
A woodcut headpiece featuring a floral and geometric motif in the early printed style, along with a large, ornate initial letter "Б" (B for "Blessed is the man...") heavily stamped in cinnabar.
Requires professional restoration or stabilization.
Pages are detached

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