A book published half a millennium ago was found in Siberia
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The State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that employees of the State Public Library for Science and Technology found a previously unknown copy of the Psalter with the Book of Hours, published in Poland in 1570 by the Russian pioneer Ivan Fedorov.
Until now, four copies of the book have been known, two of which were found in Russia. Now these copies are stored in the Russian National Library of St. Petersburg, in the scientific library of Saratov State University, in Lvov and in the library of Lambeth Palace in London.
The fifth, previously unknown copy, as scientists learned, was in the library at the Novosibirsk Orthodox Theological Seminary. It was found during a routine inspection of church book depositories.
The book is missing sheets with imprints and many other pages, but watermarks on the paper made it possible to establish that this is a copy printed by Fedorov in 1570.
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