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ABSTRACT. The study aims to offer a rigorous stylistic analysis of a Gospel dated in 1821, the first illustrated Gospel in Romania. This book, printed at the Neamț Monastery, one of the most important printing centers in Romania, is certainly a model of typographic art. The 1821 Gospel is a large format book that includes many engravings, some attributed to the famous engravers Ghervasie, Simion Ierei and Mihail Strilbitki. In addition to the richly ornamented border, the book has numerous illustrations, frontispieces, vignettes, initials, full-page engravings (representing the Holy Evangelists) and smaller engravings depicting biblical scenes.

Keywords: Gospel; Neamț Monastery; Moldavia; typographic art; book engraving; frontispieces; vignettes

ELENA ARDELEAN
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University,
Faculty of Orthodox Theology;
Iaşi, Romania
NICOLETA MELNICIUC-PUICĂ
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University,
Faculty of Orthodox Theology;
Iaşi, Romania

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