Open AccessSynodikons in the Russian Monastery Book of the 16th–17th centuries: Specificity and Functions
Author(s) -
Ludmila Sukina
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bibliotekovedenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-7372
pISSN - 0869-608X
DOI - 10.25281/0869-608x-2011-0-1-57-61
Subject(s) - composition (language) , history , literature , classics , art , ancient history
The paper provides an overview of the synodikons — a kind of monastic books. It is difficult to determine unambiguously their type and purpose. There are traced the gradual expansion of their composition, the appearance of new editions, depending on changes of their functions in a monastic book culture.