| Title: | Oktoih (1510), Targoviste-Oktoih (1494), Cetinje. Similarities and differences |
| Author: | Agnes Erich |
| Publication: | Annals of „Valahia” University of Târgovişte. Letters Section, VIII |
| p-ISSN: | 2066-6373 |
| Publisher: | Valahia University Press |
| Place: | Târgoviște |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Abstract: | In August 2010 we celebrate 500 years since the printing of the second book on Romanian territory, the Oktoih –Book of Psalms (1508), an event that has already end with reprinting it at the initiative of the High Archbishop and Metropolitan of Targoviste, Nifon Mihaita. Targoviste played an important role in the cultural development of Valahia, especially because here was printed the first printed book in our country, Liturgy Book (1508). The Oktoih from Targoviste was printed by the monk Macarie, of the church and voivode command and support, in a moment when it was necessary to uphold the South Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe with liturgical books. Monk Macarie is the same which printed at Cetinje an Orthodox Prayer Book (1496), an Oktoih (1493-1494) and a Psalter (1495). It should be noted that from the printings suite of this printer made in both printing houses, was not repeated than the Oktoih but, as we demonstrate in this paper, the two books has not too many similarities, not in terms of ornamentation, but no in terms of their content. Printing of the Oktoih in Valahia by Macarie, together with the other two religious books (Liturgy Book and the Four Gospels), meant the inclusion of printing house from Targoviste among Europe's leading printing houses in that century, which contributed to the spread of printed word, both in the three Romanian countries but for the benefit of Orthodox people outside Romanian borders. |
| Key words: | Oktoih, Macarie, Targoviste, Cetinje, printing activity, book history |
| Language: | English |
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