Stamat Gospel. Tetraevangelion
First half of 13th cent. Middle Bulgarian version. Scribe: Archpriest Stamat . Fragment
Q (202/207 õ 142/147). 17 leaves. (16 + 1 marked with a letter).
Parchment. Ink, cinnabar, colours.
It is written in a uncial hand.
Folio 1v shows a portrait of St Matthew the Evangelist. Folio 2r has the interlaced head-piece in the Balkan style, done in cinnabar and ink.
Folio 1r bears a note of the scribe, who wrote the manuscript, where he left his name - Archpriest Stamat
The Gospel was acquired by the State Public Library with other manuscripts from the collection of the Russian Archaeological Society, that since 1924 formed a part of Academy of History of Material Culture, from which handwritten materials of the Society was transferred to the State Public Library.
Shelfmark: ÐÍÁ. Ðóñ. àðõåîë. îá-âî, ¹ 338.