scriptorium
Kyiv Caves Monastery (Pechersk Lavra)
1051–1100
attested. Attested; Nestor's authorship of the Chronicle is traditional and debated.
Founded around 1051 by Antony and shaped by Theodosius on the Studite rule, the Caves Monastery became the main centre of Kyivan monastic writing; the Primary Chronicle was compiled there in the early 12th century.
Place: Kyiv Pechersk Lavra · On the map
People
- Antony of the Caves
- Theodosius of the Caves
- Nestor the Chronicler
Manuscripts made here
Primary Chronicle (compiled c. 1113, attributed to Nestor)
Kept now: copies: Laurentian Codex, 1377 (National Library of Russia); Hypatian Codex (Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
Kyiv Caves Patericon
Kept now: later copies