Calligraphic roll, Add. MS 5232 A (ff. 144–145, 147–149), The British Library, before 1684 Dilyana Radoslavova Anisava Miltenova Andrej Bojadžiev Istitute of Literature Sofia, Bulgaria 02.2004 RC-DRAdd5232ABL

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This description is based on de visu observations and on the published catalogue descriptions Cleminson 1988: 64.

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 Edit elements according to new schema. Addition of notBefore and notAfter attributes in element <origDate> Removed entities for the basic Old Slavic characters Transformation to Repertorium4 scheme calligraphic roll United Kingdom London British Library Additional Manuscripts Add. MS 5232A 49 Cleminson 1988: 64. The original roll is now preserved divided up into its component pieces of paper and mounted on two pages of a large volume. Unclear 5 f. 149: 350 160 395 160 400 160 405 160 340 160 160 Out of order. 144–145, 147–149. F. 146 has nothing to do with this MS. Black and red, the latter faded to grey in places. Calligraphic specimens in red ink, of geometric type, with refined vegetal extenders (ff. 149, 147, 145, 144, 148, of geometric type, with refined vegetal extenders). Each letter is written once at the left hand side of the page. The tallest of these, Б (f. 149), is with dimensions 55 17 , but the majority are 20–40 high, and some smaller. ff. 144–145, 147–149. anonymous 3 ; the size of the specimens varies. (Cleminson 1988) Calligraphic roll with some propisi. 149, 147, 145, 144, 148 Азбука кирилска с “прописи” Cyrillic alphabet with acrostic Кириллическая азбука с прописями Alongside each of the initial forms of the letters are numerous (sometimes over 50) exclusively skoropis' forms of the same letter in black ink, mostly of ordinary size. Exceptions to this pattern are ж, which is placed in the middle of the paper at the same level as е, so that forms of each letter take up half the width of the page, and ѵ, which is also placed in the middle of the paper, but under the small black forms of itself, of which there are only three. Forms of ѫ, are included with ю and forms of ѧ with ꙗ. In most, but not all cases the name of the letter is included amongst the skoropis' forms; frequently there are also examples of the letter written in conjunction with others, or in common words, e.g. въ, лъ, ѯа, влдкѡ, млсть. Three letters: а, в and г are provided with propisi. а҆зъ есмъ всему мирꙋ свѣтъ вижю всю таи҇нꙋ члв҃ческꙋю гл҃голю вамъ҇ с҃новом҇ члв҃ческимь По млс҇и б҃жіи с҃тых҇ великих҇ москѡв҇скихъ чюдотвѡр҇цовъ пет҇ра алеѯѣѧ И҆о҆ны і҆ Филиппа всеа҆ росиі 1684, before Russian The volume in which this roll is mounted forms part of the notes of the traveler Engelbert Kämpfer (1651–1716), ranging in subject from date palms to acupuncture. In the earlier parts of the volume are some rough maps and views of Russian towns executed by Kämpfer

Directly catalogued from the original manuscript using the printed catalogue Cleminson 1988: 64.

 Microform: Central Library of BAS, MF31, Digital image: of f. 149 (file: C3611–08).