20 Hryven The Irmologion

Reverse

In the center is a fragment from the Raising of the Cross with the Family of John III Sobieski ico (1670–1689), which is kept in Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv; the fragment shows rhythmic and solid representations of chanters singing from music; above are the following stylized legends: ЗБІРНИК/ ЦЕРКОВНИХ ПІСНЕСПІВІВ/ ІРМОЛОГІОН (collection/of church chants/irmologion); under the image of the chanters is a stylized fragment of an irmologion page.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering: ЗБІРНИК ЦЕРКОВНИХ ПІСНЕСПІВІВ ІРМОЛОГІОН

Engravers: Volodymyr Demianenko, Anatolii Demianenko

Designers: Volodymyr Taran, Oleksandr Kharuk, Serhii Kharuk

Edge

Smooth with in-depth legends

Comment

This coin celebrates irmologions – collections of various types of liturgical chants written in sheet music. This ancient spiritual tradition was widespread in the late 16th century and later across all ethnic Ukrainian and Belarusian lands. The Irmologion, the first book written in sheet music, contained a collection of irmoi – melodic and rhythmic models for troparia of ode canons, which made it popular both in church and teaching practices. Words in irmos texts are threaded like coral beads onto a string, alternating like ornament motifs. Irmologions were written in monasteries, cathedrals and parish churches. Most extant irmologions are hand-written. In the early 18th century, printed irmologions written in sheet music started to appear.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2020	2500	-	-	-	-	-	-

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