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1 Rouble. Spiritual heritage. Irmologion
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 1 Rouble |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an open liturgical manuscript book occupying the left portion of the field, its blank pages rendered in fine detail. To the right, an illuminated frontispiece page of the Barkalabaŭski Irmologion is depicted with ornamental Cyrillic text, figural imagery of saints, and decorative borders characteristic of 17th-century East Slavic manuscript art. Two winged angels flank a church or tower motif at the top of the composition, while elaborate foliate scrollwork frames the entire design. The Cyrillic inscription БАРКАЛАБАЎСКІ ІРМАЛОЙ appears in a decorative cartouche or banner along the lower rim. |
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The Irmologion is a liturgical book of the Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic traditions containing the musical notation and texts of the Hirmos — the model stanzas used to structure the canons of Byzantine chant. Belarus has issued a long-running "Spiritual Heritage" series in copper-nickel, with individual releases dedicated to surviving manuscript books of particular historical significance to the region. The earliest Belarusian Irmologia date to the 16th century, a period when the Grand Duchy of Lithuania maintained distinct liturgical traditions that diverged meaningfully from both Muscovite and Greek practice.