Title: The Apostle with Commentaries of Alexander Soltan
Abstract:The Apostle with Commentaries that belonged to Marszałek Alexander Soltan differs from the Slavic manuscript tradition of books with commentaries. The manuscript has common features with the Christino...The Apostle with Commentaries that belonged to Marszałek Alexander Soltan differs from the Slavic manuscript tradition of books with commentaries. The manuscript has common features with the Christinopol Apostle of the 12th century. The original additions of the Apostle of Alexander Soltan show that its protograph was edited in the middle of the 12th century. The Apostle of Alexander Soltan, which was kept in Vilnius, was one of the sources for the Bible of Matthew the Tenth (1502–1507) and encouraged Matthew to add original margins and signs in his Bible. In the beginning of the 18th century the Apostle of Alexander Soltan fell into the hands of second-hand booksellers, and was divided by them into three parts. Two of them are kept in Moscow and St. Petersburg now.Read More