Long Prologue texts

Long Prologue texts published by N. Serebryansky form a rather close group.

S-2 – "version named after Andrew" by N. I. Serebryansky. The text is preserved in a single copy of the National Library, Sof. № 1365. Date of the copy according to Serebryansky – 14 – 15 centuries, according to O. Loseva – 1st half 15 cent. (not justified!). Published by: NIS-2, p. 55 – 58 (I used this edition); also published in:

. 13 cent. – M.: 1981, p. 228 – 235;

Ancient Russian princely lives / V. V. Kuskov – M.: Krug, 2001, p. 184 – 187;

Library of Literature of Ancient Russia, vol. 5 (13th century) – St. Petersburg, 2000, .

S-3 – "version named after John" by N. I. Serebryansky. Published by him from the copy of late 14 cent. from the library of A. S. Uvarov № 613, with options for 3 other copies: NIS-2, p. 59 – 63.

S-4 – "abbreviated version named after John" by N. I. Serebryansky. Published by him according to the copy of the Prologue from the Rumyantsev Museum, Undolsky collection № 227 (16th century), with variants according to the manuscript of the same museum, Piskarev’s collection № 527 (16th century): NIS-2, p. 68 – 70.

S-5 – "extended version named after Andrew" by N. I. Serebryansky. I present separately the texts of the two oldest copies:

S-5-239 – Prologue of the short edition of the GIM, Synod. № 239. Date according to Serebryansky – 14th century, according to Loseva – 1313 (not substantiated, in my opinion – 1st half of 14th century). I submit it according to the publication of O. Loseva [Loseva OV as a part of ancient Russian Prologues of XII – the first third of XV centuries. – Moscow: Manuscripts of Ancient Russia, 2009, p. 298 – 309; summed up options S-5-159].

S-5-159 – Prologue of the short edition of RGADA, Synod. № 159. Date according to Serebryansky – 14th century, according to Loseva – 1329 (not substantiated). I am applying for NIS-2, p. 63 – 68 (summed up options S-5-239).

Comparative table (78 episodes).