''Tetraevangelion'' (, "Four Evangelia/
Gospel Books"; ka, ოთხთავი, ''ot'kht'avi''; Old Slavonic: благовѣствованиѥ; ; ) is a name used in Eastern Orthodox terminology for the
Canonical gospels
Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the second century AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported. In this sen ...
of the
Four Evangelists
In Christian tradition, the Four Evangelists are Matthew the Apostle, Matthew, Mark the Evangelist, Mark, Luke the Evangelist, Luke, and John the Evangelist, John, the authors attributed with the creation of the four canonical Gospel accounts ...
. Examples of notable medieval manuscripts include:
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Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander (1355–56), Bulgarian, illuminated.
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Jakov of Serres' (1354), Serbian, illuminated.
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Vani Gospels (12–13th c.), Georgian, illuminated.
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Mstislav Gospel (12th c.), Russian, illuminated.
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Codex Marianus (11th c.), South Slavic. One of the oldest Slavic ''tetraevangelia''.
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Codex Zographensis (10–11th c.), South Slavic, illuminated. Oldest Slavic ''tetraevangelion''.
References
Sources
*{{cite book, author=Francis Watson, title=Gospel Writing: A Canonical Perspective, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCh9kPyvhaEC&pg=PA584, date=26 May 2013, publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, isbn=978-0-8028-4054-7, pages=584–
Eastern Orthodoxy
Canonical Gospels
Greek words and phrases