Menologions of liturgical tetragospels from Lvov (XVII-XVIII c.)
Textological research early printed Cyrillic tetragospel menologions (i.e. the “fixed year” of the liturgical calendar) has shown that they contain some textual variants and liturgical peculiarities inherited from manuscript tradition, as well as other unique elements that are characteristic only for specific local traditions. Research of four months (September - December), conducted on 76 early printed tetragospels (out of all 120), including all eight tetras issued in Lvov in XVI and XVIII century, proved the possibility of grouping them into several small groups on the above-mentioned textological and liturgical peculiarities. The article presents all the unique features characteristic only for all the Lvov tetragospels, as well as for one subgroup (consisting of two Gospels) that can be derived from them. The results of this research also shed some light on the processes of formation and development, and the mutual influences of various Cyrillic printing and liturgical traditions