Medieval Russian Church

Old Slavonic and the Slavonic Alphabets

My first year in grad school for Slavic Languages, one of my classes was on Old Church Slavonic (OCS) or…

I am currently reading and translating Kondakov’s book about the Gertrude Codex and its set of Orthodox illuminations, a couple…

I am currently reading and translating a book written in 1906 about a fascinating piece of history, the so-called Egbert…

I recently finished reading a chapter from “The History of Russian Art” on the applied arts in Kiev and the…

The 10th century rise of Kiev as a centralized power in Rus’, the official state acceptance of Christianity in 988,…

I was getting ready to read several chapters from the 1953 History of Russian Art, vol. 1, related to Kievan…

Today, I’d like to present an article I recently finished reading by B.A. Rybakov, about the symbolism on silver cuff…

As described in a prior post, I recently created a gilded, painted box as a gift for my friend and…

I have been thinking about reading an article on Jaroslav the Wise’s (983-1054) laws which established the independence of the…

Another SCAdian posted to the SCA scribal list, and mentioned having read of the Elisavetgrad Gospel in an article online…