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Tetraevangelion of Ivan Alexander
The Tetraevangelion of Ivan Alexander is an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels made in 1355–1356 for Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria. Written in Middle Bulgarian by the monk Simeon, it contains several hundred miniatures, including portraits of the tsar and his family, and is the finest surviving work of medieval Bulgarian book art. It was brought from Mount Athos to England in the nineteenth century and is now in the British Library.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tetraevangelion of Ivan Alexander. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tetraevangelion-of-ivan-alexander
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