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Book “Description of religious rites (with color illustrations)”, inv. no. КБ-6900: cover or title page
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Description of religious rites (with color illustrations)

Inv. no. КБ-6900 · Books and booklets

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

Printed in the late 19th century. Printed in black ink, the edition contains colored illustrations: "The Proskomedia," "The Sending of the Apostles to Preach," "The Reading of the Gospel," "The Preaching of Jesus Christ," "The Resurrection," "The First Appearance of the Gifts," "The Last Supper,"… Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Paper, cardboard
Technique
Printing
Dimensions
11.5 × 8.5 cm

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

Book pages

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

Description

Printed in the late 19th century. Printed in black ink, the edition contains colored illustrations: "The Proskomedia," "The Sending of the Apostles to Preach," "The Reading of the Gospel," "The Preaching of Jesus Christ," "The Resurrection," "The First Appearance of the Gifts," "The Last Supper," "The Second Appearance of the Gifts," "The Ascension," and others. Pagination is absent. The cover is of cardboard, covered in paper in gray-blue tones. The edition contains an explanation of the meaning of the Liturgy and the Sacrament of the Eucharist.

The book was acquired by the museum from Volodymyr Stepanovych Cherviakov of Kharkiv in 1979.

Note: the edition was intended for a child readership.

Record

Inventory number
КБ-6900
Title
Description of religious rites (with color illustrations)
Collection group
Books and booklets
Date
19th century
Material
Paper, cardboard
Technique
Printing
Dimensions
11.5 × 8.5 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Pages
32

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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