Shevchenko and the Peresopnytsia Gospels

TARAS SHEVCHENKO. SELF-PORTRAIT (1845) PORTRAIT OF YOSIP BODIANSKY, THE MAN WHO FIRST MADE THE PERESOPNYTSIA GOSPELS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE SAINT MATTHEW, COPY OF THE PERESOPNYTSIA GOSPELS’ ILLUSTRATION (1556-61) By Petro KRALIUK, Ph.D. 31/5/2011 Official Website: This August marks the 450th anniversary of the handwritten Peresopnytsia Gospels, a symbol of Ukraine and the book upon which every president of Ukraine takes the oath of office