Russian

Medieval Russian Illumination

Having enjoyed myself reading the chapter on ink from Schavinsky’s Notes on the History of Painting Techniques and Paint Technology…

Slavonic Miniatures

The seventh chapter of Schepkin’s Textbook of Russian Paleography provides a general overview of miniatures/illumination in Russian manuscripts, and their…

Slavonic Ornament

I’ve finished reading the next chapter of Schepkin’s Textbook of Russian Paleography. This chapter starts off slow with an art…

Materials and Tools Used To Create Medieval Russian Manuscripts

Below is my translation of the fourth section from Schepkin’s Textbook of Russian Paleography. This chapter briefly covers some of…

Dialects of Old Slavonic

Another chapter of Schepkin’s Textbook of Russian Paleography completed. This chapter talks about the dialects of Old Church Slavonic (OCS)…