Peresopnytsia Gospel

Peresopnytsya Gospel
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, Kyiv
Also known asUkrainian: Пересопницьке Євангеліє
TypeGospel
Date1556–1561
LanguageRuthenian
ScribeMykhailo Vasylovych
Size380 by 240 millimetres (15.0 in × 9.4 in)
DiscoveredOsip Bodyansky (1830s)

The Peresopnytsia Gospel (Ukrainian: Пересопницьке Євангеліє, romanizedPeresopnytske Yevanheliie) is a 16th-century illuminated manuscript Gospel book written in the Ruthenian language. It is now in the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. Since 1991, all Ukrainian presidents have taken the oath of office on these gospels.