List of illustrations

1. Codex Sinaiticus in Collections of the National Library of Russia
   • Fragment of a sheet of the Codex Sinaiticus from the Tischendorf collection
     
   • Fragments of sheets of the Codex Sinaiticus from the Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) collection
     
   • Fragment of a sheet of the Codex Sinaiticus from the Society of Lovers of Ancient Literature in Saint Petersburg
     
   • Fragment of a sheet of the Codex Sinaiticus from the main collection of manuscript books

2. Archival Records

   a) Documents relating to the acquisition of the Codex Sinaiticus by Russia
   (the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire, the Russian State History Archive).

   • Letter of guarantee by Prince A.B. Lobanov-Rostovsky to Archbishop and the community of Mt Sinai Monastery, dated 10 September 1859
     AVPRI, f. 180, op. 517/2, d. 3379. Fols. 19r, 19v.
   • Letter by Archbishop of Mt Sinai Monastery Callistratus to N.P. Ignatyev, dated 5 July /Old style/ 1868
     AVPRI, f. 180, op. 517/2, d. 3379. Fol. 33r.
   • Letter of Mt Sinai Community Council to Russian Vice-Consul in Egypt A.N. Nikolaev, dated 28 June /Old style/ 1868.
     AVPRI, f. 180, op. 517/2, d. 3379. Fols. 47r, 47v, 48r.
   • Copy of Mt Sinai Community Council's official act, dated 16 September /Old style/ 1859, and attested on 1 August 1868
     AVPRI, f. 161 II-11, op. 50, d. 5. Fol. 115r.
   • Donation act for the Sinai Bible signed by the Council of Mt Sinai Cairo House and Archbishop Callistratus on 11 and 17 September /Old style/ 1868 respectively
     AVPRI, f. 180, op. 517/2, d. 3379. Fols. 39r, 39v, 43r.
   • Donation act for the Sinai Bible signed by the Council of Cairo House and Archbishop Callistratus on 13 November 1869 and by the Council of St Catherine's on 18 November /Old style/ 1869
     AVPRI, f. 161 II-11, op. 50, d. 5. Fols. 6r-7r.
   • Receipt for 9000 rubles paid to Archbishop Callistratus and representatives of Mt Sinai Community for the Sinai Bible, dated 5 January /Old style/ 1870
     RGIA, f. 472, op. 15 (239/1255), d. 26. Fol. 49r.

   b) Documents relating to the distribution of Bibliorum Codex Sinaiticus Petropolitanus (the National Library of Russia)

   • List of institutions and private persons, to whom copies of Codex Sinaiticum edition were sent out

3. Manuscripts from the Constantin Tischendorf Collection in the Manuscripts Department of the National Library of Russia
   • Greek-Syriac-Georgian Palimpsest. Fragment. 7th - 10th centt.From the Constantin Tischendorf collection.
   • Sinaitic Palimpsest. 10th-13th centt. From the Constantin Tischendorf collection.
   • Liturgical Collection (Codex Sinaiticus Liturgicus). 8th-9th centt. From the Constantin Tischendorf collection.
   • Prophetologion. Fragment. 10th-11th centt. From the Constantin Tischendorf collection
   • Gospel of Matthew. Fragment (21:19-24). 6th-7th centt. From the Constantin Tischendorf collection.
   • Gospels of Matthew, and Mark. 9th-10th centt. From the Constantin Tischendorf collection.
   • Gospels of Mark. Fragment (8:3-9:50). 12th cent. From the Constantin Tischendorf collection.

4. Manuscripts and Material from the Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) Collection in the Manuscripts Department of the National Library of Russia

   a) Greek Manuscripts

   • Tetraevangelion. 10th-13th centt. From the Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) Collection.
   • Euchologion. 10th cent. From the Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) Collection
   • Book of Documents. 13th cent. From the Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) Collection
   • Illuminated Psalter, fragments. Circa 1074-1075. From the Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) Collection
   • Irmologion (notated), fragment. 1309. From the Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) Collection

   b) Slavonic Manuscripts

   • Litourgikon of Mt Sinai, fragments. 11th cent. From the Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) Collection
   • Horologion. 13 ñent. Fragment. From the Bishop Porfiry (Uspensky) Collection
   • Horologion. 13 ñent.

   c) Copies of Fragments of Manuscripts

   • St. John the Evangelist. Miniature. Copy. Sinai. 1850. Traced by P. Solovyev.
   • St. Peter the Hermit of Galatia. Miniature. Copy. Sinai. 1850. Traced by P. Solovyev.
   • Elijah the Prophet. Miniature. Copy. Cairo. 1850. Traced by P. Solovyev.
   • Sun, Moon and Earth. Miniature. Copy. Sinai. 1850. Traced by P. Solovyev.
   • Sun, Moon and Earth. Miniature. Copy. Sinai. 1850. Traced by P. Solovyev.

   d) Views of Sinai

   • Mt Sinai Monastery // From: Egypt and Sinai. Views, essays, plans and inscriptions for the trip of A[rchim.] Porfiry.
     St Petersburg, 1857. Table XLII. (Christian Orient).
   • Church of Transfiguration in Mt Sinai Monastery // From: Egypt and Sinai. Views, essays, plans and inscriptions for the trip of A[rchim.] Porfiry.
     St Petersburg, 1857. Table XLIV. (Christian Orient).
   • Hotel at Mt Sinai Monastery // From: Egypt and Sinai. Views, essays, plans and inscriptions for the trip of A[rchim.] Porfiry.
     St Petersburg, 1857. Table XLIX. (Christian Orient).

   e) C. Tischendorf's Autograph

   • C. Tischendorf's Autograph

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