223. Manuscript "Octoihul Românesc" ("Romanian Octoechos"), by Diacul Dănilă from the village of Coruț, Cluj, 1721, after the Octoechos printed by Antim Ivireanul in Târgoviște in 1712, an extremely rare collector's item.

The manuscript is a copied Orthodox Codex, inspired by the Octoechos printed by Antim Ivireanul in Târgoviște in 1712. It was used in the church, probably in the Transylvanian region of Cluj-Oradea because the author is the teacher Dănilă (Daniil), known as a copyist, active in this region at the end of the first half of the 18th century, and other few manuscripts from him are preserved. The codex is in-quarto format, comprising 173 pages in one column in Cyrillic script, with the neat writing of a professional in the field. The ink used was black and red. Many of the chapters begin with elegant letterheads, elaborately rendered as stylised vegetal and geometric motifs. There are also many ornate initials and vignettes at the end of chapters. Two handwritten notes by the copyist are preserved on pages 87 and 144, which allow his identification, especially the one on page 144 where his name and the date, 5 September 1721, appear. Another inscription at the beginning of the manuscript, dated in the first half of the 19th century, can also be identified, probably referring to the then owner of the piece. The copy is in very good condition, with signs of age. It is bound in vintage leather-covered cardboard covers. The main cover is richly decorated with a border of stylised vegetal elements which are also found in the form of three columns in the foreground, delimited in the upper and lower registers by geometric figures. The secondary cover is more simply decorated, with a border of stylised vegetal motifs.

Dimensions

width 15.5 cm, height 20.5 cm

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