The greek manuscripts of Odesa

• Main Author: Б. Л. Фонкіч
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: I.I.Mechnikov National University 2014-07-01
• Series: Vìsnik Odesʹkogo Nacìonalʹnogo Unìversitetu: Bìblìotekoznavstvo, Bìblìografoznavstvo, Knigoznavstvo
• Subjects: грецькі рукописи; палеографія; колекціонування; грецька культура; Новоросійський університет; В. І. Григорович; О. С. Стурдза
• Online Access: http://vislib.onu.edu.ua/article/view/25744

The collection of Greek manuscripts of Odesa (37 units) is worth attention both for the Greek paleography X-XVIIIth centuries and the history of collecting of Greek manuscripts and as a curious source characterizing the Greek culture of this city in the first century of its existence. The appearance of Greek manuscripts in Odesa is connected mainly with the foundation and later history of such institutions as different Greek schools, the Odesa society of history and antiquities and Novorossiysky University as well as with the activities of a number of representatives of Russian and Balkan culture and Enlightenment, such as the outstanding Slavonic philologist V.I.Grigorovich, A.S.Sturdza etc. The remarkable monument of Byzantine book-writing of the end of the XIth century, the Gospel-aprakos, conserved in Odesa museum of local lore is of special interest though it hasn’t been appraised at its true worth by the scientists.