Muzikologija 2020 Issue 28, Pages: 33-46
https://doi.org/10.2298/MUZ2028033S
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A Russian triodion sticherarion from the late 12th century - MS Hilandar 307
Subotin-Golubović Tatjana (Full professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia)
MS Hilandar 307, a triodion sticherarion from the late 12th century, is one
of the oldest Slavonic manuscripts kept at Hilandar. The manuscript has not
survived in its entirety - it is missing the first part which contained
stichera of the Lenten cycle; the extant part contains the pentecostarion
cycle of stichera. It was written in the Russian recension. The manuscript
has probably been kept at the monastery ever since its establishment and
could have been even procured by St. Sava at the time of the formation of
the monastery library. Its presence at the Serbian monastery confirms that
there were no linguistic or practical liturgical obstacles to its use in
religious services. Since the Serbian manuscript heritage does not include
surviving sticheraria as a type of liturgical book, its content is highly
interesting. This paper explores the interrelationship between the
sticherarion and corresponding services in the oldest Serbian triodion,
copied in the first half of the 13th century and now kept in the National
Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg (F. п. I. 68). Two services were
selected as examples - the service for the Mid-Pentecost (Midfeast) and the
service to the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council. An initial
careful comparison already revealed the appearance of different translations
of the texts shared by both manuscripts. Also, it was found that only a part
of stichera in the sticherarion appear in full triodion services, in which
stichera make up just one segment of the service as a complex hymnographic
ensemble.
Keywords: sticherarion, triodion, service, Hilandar, Studite Typikon, Pentecost