Peresopnytsia Gospel. Beginnings and Present Peresopnytsia Gospel is an outstanding manuscript memorial of the Old Ukrainian language and art of the 16th century. It is one of the first Ukrainian translations of the canonical text of the Four Gospels and one of the symbols of the Ukrainian nation. The purpose of this book is to make the original texts comprehensible to a modern reader. For this purpose, each left page features a reduced copy of the original, whereas the right one contains its edition in the modern Ukrainian language. Such layout allows the reader not only to read the text, but also to compare the way Ukrainians spoke in the 16th century to the way the Holy Scripture sounds today. The book was made in full compliance with the original, framed in natural leather, and decorated with a gilded medallion.
Vrubel’s Angels Iryna Margolina This book introduces the reader to a new and unusual aspect of the works of the world famous painter Mikhail Vrubel in his “Kyiv period”, namely the angelic theme. It discusses the preparation and creation of Cyril icons and monumental compositions, as well as the sketches for the murals of St. Volodymyr Cathedral. The book reveals interesting details of the painter’s stay in Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine, as well as his circle of contacts. The numerous memoirs of contemporaries, letters and photographs of the time serve as a historical and biographical background of the story about Vrubel’s Kyiv masterpieces. As a vivid accent, the book features reproductions of the works by this genius of modernism. ISBN: 978-966-06-0630-2
ISBN: 978-966-187-092-4
Iryna Margolina is a historian-medievalist, culture scholar, author of four books and over 200 scholarly, as well as popular scientific articles. She is also a famous researcher of the unique 12th-century monument of the Kyiv Cyril Church.
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This book is a winner of the national contest “The Best Book of Ukraine”.
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