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Book “Collection of Church Chants. Text and notes”, inv. no. КБ-6626: cover or title page
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Collection of Church Chants. Text and notes

Inv. no. КБ-6626 · Books and booklets

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

Created approximately in the 19th century. The manuscript book is written in two colors (red and black), and contains text in Church Slavonic and musical notation. It is decorated with running heads and initials; page numbering is absent. Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Paper, cardboard, fabric, leather
Technique
Handwriting
Dimensions
24 × 19 cm

Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Book pages

498 pages. High-resolution scans you can zoom into.

Description

Created approximately in the 19th century. The manuscript book is written in two colors (red and black), and contains text in Church Slavonic and musical notation. It is decorated with running heads and initials; page numbering is absent. The cover is wooden, bound in crimson silk with a floral ornament. On the edges are clasps of metal and leather (fragmentary).

The book belonged to the pre-war (pre-1941) part of the collection of the H. S. Skovoroda Historical Museum.

Record

Inventory number
КБ-6626
Title
Collection of Church Chants. Text and notes
Collection group
Books and booklets
Date
19th century
Material
Paper, cardboard, fabric, leather
Technique
Handwriting
Dimensions
24 × 19 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Pages
498

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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