Peresopnytsia Gospel

Peresopnytsya Gospel
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, Kyiv
Page from the Gospel
Also known asUkrainian: Пересопницьке Євангеліє
TypeGospel
Date1556–1561
Language(s)Ruthenian
Scribe(s)Mykhailo 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 manuscript written in the Ruthenian language. It is today held in the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. Since 1991, all Ukrainian presidents have taken the oath of office on the Gospel.