Lectionary of St Petersburg - Facsimile Editions and Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

You can lay your hands on one of these amazing replicas, just contact us at info@ or For more info on the Lectionary of St Petersburg, visit: The Lectionary of Saint Petersburg, also known as Gospel Lectionary of Trebizond, is one of the greatest masterpieces of Byzantine art. This mysterious codex has an incredible history: for a long time it was preserved at Trebizond, a ’crossroads’ between two cultures on the shores of the Black Sea, the Byzantine and the Osman, and endured the eventful times of the Crusades and Ottoman conquests.