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Book “The Passion of Christ. Suprasl Annunciation Monastery”, inv. no. КБ-8576: cover or title page
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Book “The Passion of Christ. Suprasl Annunciation Monastery”, inv. no. КБ-8576: cover or title page
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Books and booklets

The Passion of Christ. Suprasl Annunciation Monastery

Inv. no. КБ-8576 · Books and booklets

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

The edition was printed at the printing house of the Suprasl Monastery of the Annunciation in 1795. Full description

Date
18th century
Material
Paper, wood, leather
Technique
Printing
Dimensions
22.5 × 16 cm

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

Book pages

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

Description

The edition was printed at the printing house of the Suprasl Monastery of the Annunciation in 1795.

Printed in two colors, in Church Slavonic. Foliation appears in the lower right corner, with signatures at the bottom center of the page.

The text is decorated with Lombardic letters (a form of decorative initial), headpieces, and cast ornaments.

At the end of the book is a handwritten note in ink, in which the words "Sloboda..." and "Gracious sir Lazur Khvedorovych" can be read.

The pages bear ownership marginalia, a condensed rendering of the book's text in a modern hand (in pencil, in blue, red, green, and violet).

The cover is wooden, bound in leather with a stamped ornament: on the front, a depiction of a stylized cross within an ornamental frame; on the reverse, a diamond mesh surrounded by the same ornamental frame. On the edges of the cover are traces of clasp fittings.

The book belonged to Pohorielova of Kharkiv (born 1897), who lived in the area of the Nemyshlia River.

Donated to the museum by Larysa Mykolaivna Pohorielova in 1991.

Record

Inventory number
КБ-8576
Title
The Passion of Christ. Suprasl Annunciation Monastery
Collection group
Books and booklets
Date
18th century
Material
Paper, wood, leather
Technique
Printing
Dimensions
22.5 × 16 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Tradition
Old Believers
Pages
380

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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