Минейное житие Параскевы Тырновской на руськой мове (на материале списка Национальной библиотеки в Вар-шаве – BN Akc. 2996)
Ruthenian Version of the Extended Life of Parasceve of Tărnovo (On Basis of Manuscript Akc. 2996 from the National Library of Poland)

Summary/Abstract: The seventeenth-century Ruthenian Reading Menaion from the National Library of Poland, BN 12188 I (former Akc. 2996), contains an extended Life of Parasceve (St. Petka) of Tărnovo. The content of the text suggests that it was created no earlier than in 1641, probably in the Duchy of Moldova. Copies of this version of the Life of St. Parasceve of Tărnovo in Church Slavonic have not been unknown so far. Judging by the Ruthenian version, the text is close to the edition of saint‘s Life by deacon Moses from the collection of Božidar Vuković published in Venice in 1536. However, in comparison to the latter, the Ruthenian version is abridged and contains some episodes represented in a more realistic manner. One of the main features of this version is the inclusion of the story about the translation of the relics of St. Parasceve to Yaşi in 1641. Therefore, we propose calling this text the Moldovan version of the extended Life of St. Parasceve of Tărnovo.

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