About the Early Russian Copy of the Life of St. Nicholas of Myra by Metaphrastes
The author explores the graphic and orthographic complex of one of the earliest Russian copy of The Life of St Nicholas of Myra refered to the 15 th century. The copy reflects some specific features influenced by the South Slavic protograf, but they are not typical for the East Slavic tradition. In terms of using letter “yus” and the handwriting study the copy is attributed to the scribe Serapion the monk of the Lisitcsry monastery who compiled some manuscripts of the time of so-called “the second South Slavonic influence”.