Other Artefacts And Codices

Other Artefacts And Codices

The artefacts of the monastery include vestments decorated with goldwork embroidery, such as the epitracheilon (a liturgical stole) with the Virgin Mary (17th century), St John the Baptist and the hierarchs, a pair of epimanichia (decorated cuffs) which, according to the embroidered commemorative inscription belonged to the priest Konstantino in the year 1634/5, a hierarchical zone (a belt) with a buckle (18th century), and other items.
Finally, among the heirloom treasures of the Monastery are the large number of handwritten codices: 331 from the 9th-18th centuries, and 400 from the 19th century on, along with 8,000 early editions of printed books. Among the manuscripts, several stand out: The 9th century parchment Book of the Gospels, a 13th century liturgical scroll, and a valuable Book of the Four Gospels, which had been calligraphed in the Monastery by the scribe Isaak in 1289-1290. A great many of the manuscripts are illustrated, and are important artefacts of the Monastery. The archives contain a variety of documents, as well as official, sealed decrees or edicts by Byzantine, patriarchial, and Ottoman authorities (i.e., gold- and lead-sealed bulls; firmans).

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