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Panel 24 Widely preferred reading in the 17th–18th century was the Lectures and the Lessons of Damascenos Studites. This explains the preserved great number of these texts, which are lavishly decorated, sometimes in more than 30 miniatures. For instance the Rilski Damascene of the second half of the 17th century (413 sheets of paper, Rila 4/10) contains 26 miniatures preceding each of the lectures of Damascenos Studites and one by Theophane Ritor. Handwritten manuscripts continued to be published in Bulgaria during the 19th century although in the 18th and 19th century handwritten books gradually started to give way to old-printed editions.
The Light of Letters Axinia Džurova Vasya Velinova 1st Edition, 2013
State Institute for Culture Ministry of Foreign Affairs All rights reserved.
Translation into English: Atanaska Miteva Graphic design: Kiril Gogov Pre-press: Ars Millenium MMM Typography: Viol Typeface – designed by Vassil und Olga Yonchev, 1985 Total run: 500 copies Printed by: Dedrax, Bulgaria