You are bidding hier for one very old and very rare Slavonic manuscript:

The singing manuscript IRMOS, John of Damascus, beginning 18-th century.

Description:

manuscript IRMOS, John of Damascus, beginning 18-th century.
Middle folio. c. 179 ff.,
cover is broken (see photo's).

with old Slavonic editing by two different hands.

Text in black and red.
Title, chapter number and chapter headings in red.

Size c. H 28 cm / W 24 cm. The Book is c. 7 cm thick.
Item has traces of wear and tear, befitting its age.
In normal condition.

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The irmos is the initial verse of each individual ode in a canon, sung by the choir; from the Greek verb "to tie," meaning that it poetically connects the ode to the subject of the canon.
The irmos presents a pattern for all of the troparia which follow within a given ode. It also gives its name to the irmologic forms of Byzantine chant.

Practically all the information concerning the life of John of Damascus available to us today, has been through the records of John, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Though these notes have served as the single source of biographical information, dating back to the 10th century, these writings have been noted by scholars as having an exuberant lack of detail from a historical point of view, and a bloated writing style.


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