Edificatory Prose of Kyivan Metropolitanate Between the Union of Florence and the Union of Brest

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1 Edificatory Prose of Kyivan Metropolitanate Between the Union of Florence and the Union of Brest

2 Jan Sacran, Errors of Ruthenian s rituals, 1507(?)

3 TWO interdependent processes in the development of edificatory prose: (1) the process of language emancipation, when Ruthenian dialects became more influential for book writing and preaching; (2) the development of creative activity, when some new or substantially renovated texts and miscellanies proliferated on the wide territory of the Kyivan Metropolitanate. I hypothesize that the edificatory prose was forged as a tripartite system in the inter-union period. There are several stages which framed this system: traditional Church Slavonic texts, texts of western origin (both Catholic and Protestant, translated into Ruthenian), and original Ruthenian texts.

4 Bethlehem Chapel in Prague

5 Bethlehem Chapel in Prague, sermon s pulpit

6 The Bohemian influence on Ruthenian chancellery terminology Josef Macůrek was convinced of the essential influence of Old Bohemian on Ruthenian terminology in the 14th and 15th centuries; Andras Zoltan: The similarity of the Old Ukrainian and Czech legislation terminology is rooted in their mutual archetype Latin legislative formulations; the Ruthenian legislation acts appeared earlier than the Bohemian ones. Furthermore, the Ruthenian terminology affected some Muscovite anti-union narrations.

7 Codices with Ruthenianized and translated preaching MS Synod. 925 (State Historical Museum in Moscow, the 15 th century), the Life of Andrew the Fool-for-Christ MS Q. I.391 (Russian National Library, the second half of the 15 th century), Passion with Nicodemus Gospel MS Synod. 367 (State Historical Museum, the end of the 15 th century), Passion, the History about the Three Kings, the Tale about Alexis, Man of God Ms Synod. 558 (State Historical Museum, the end of the 15 th century) Song of Songs, Virgin Mary Liturgy MS Zamoyski Entail Collection 92 (National Library in Warsaw, the beginning of the 16 th century) Tundali Warrior Vision, Passion, the Life of Andrew MS Krasinski 82 (Biblioteka Krasinskich, didn t survive through the IIWW) the Tale of the Sivilla Prophetess Collections in Prague National Museum

8 Synod. 558

9 Menology of 1489 Emerald book (edificatory prose, text of Pseudo John Chrysostom) Menology (Lives of Saints, legends): St Nicholas of Myra in Lycia St Parasqueva of Tarnovo St Parasqueva of Rome St George St Princes Borys and Hlib St John the Merciful Legend about the Finding of St Cross in Jerusalem by Helena etc

10 Byzantine-Slavic cultural heritage in Ruthenian interpretation ms , deacon Koliada (Library of Russian Academy of Sciences, 1462) Preaching of the First and the Second Bulgarian Kingdoms, Words of St Prophets MS Pogodin 840, Danylo Smotryc kyi s miscellany (Russian National Library, the mid-16 th century) Preaching of the First and the Second Bulgarian Kingdoms, Passion, the Legend about John Huss Myletskyi cloister 119, Herasym Smotryckyi s miscellany (National Library of Ukraine, the end of the 16 th century) Preaching of the First and Second Bulgarian Kingdoms, anti- Catholic polemics

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12 Transitional forms of edificatory prose, 16 th century The intiatives or Kyivan metropolitan Iosyf II Soltan ( ) Emerald miscellany Prolog Augment Psalter

13 Edificatory Gospel and protestant Postils Pseudo-Kalist Edificatory Gospel (Uchytel ne Yevanhelie), on Ruthenian lands since 15 th century, the firs print in Zabludoŭ by Hryhorii Hodkevych in 1568/69; reprints in Vilno (1580 and 1595), Krylos of Galicia in Edificatory Gospel of metropolitan Peter Mohyla. Postils (1557 and next reprints) of Mikolaj Rey ( ) The Edificatory Gospel of Andrii from Yaroslav of Galicia (1585) with crypto-calvinism The Mirror Book The Edificatory Gospel from Trans-Carpathia (1588), published by Mihaly Kocsis Nyagovai Postils from Trans-Carpathia, the mid-16 th century

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16 Groups of Edificatory Gospels and Sermons The local groups of Zhydachiv, Peremyshl, Sianok, and Podolia Miscellanies Edificatory Gospel by Meletii Smotryc kyi (1616) Edificatory Gospel of Cyril Tranquillon-Stavrovec kyi (1619) Ioanikii Galatovkii s Sermons (1659) Lazar Baranovych s Spiritual swords (1666, 1668), Trumpets of Pious Words (1674, 1679)