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\"carte500_M\"<\/a>2008 marks the anniversary of 500 years from the printing of Macarie\u2019s Liturghier (Macarie\u2019s Missal), occasion on which Romfilatelia will release the postage stamp issue \u201e500 years since the printing of the first book on the territory of Romania\u201c. 2008 marks the anniversary of 500 years from the printing of Macarie\u2019s Liturghier (Macarie\u2019s Missal), occasion on which Romfilatelia will release the postage stamp issue \u201e500 years since the printing of the first book on the territory of Romania\u201c.
\nThe development of the writing and printing techniques on the territory of Romania starts with the first writing form \u201epictographic alphabet\u201c, very similar to the world\u2019s ancient writing system, the Sumerian one, and continues with the burnt clay plates. This type of support, same as clay pots, tree bark or the parchment were extensively used prior to discovering the paper, moment that marked the emersion of the first paper mills.
\nThe 16th century stands out grace to the printing of the most important manuscripts and printings in Romania.
\nWorthy of all attention, exceptional manuscripts include the first Romanian written text that we still have, namely \u201eTHE LETTER WRITTEN BY NEACSU IN CAMPULUNG\u201c, in 1521, a letter addressed to Hans Benkner the Judge of Brasov, as well as the one written in Slavonic \u201eNEAGOE BASARAB\u2019S TEACHINGS TO HIS SON TEODOSIE\u201c.
\nThe first book that saw the printing press on the territory of our country is \u201eMISSAL\u201c printed in 1508 by Hieromonk Macarie.
\nThe history of the beginning of the 16th century in Wallachia is marked by the reign of Radu cel Mare (Radu the Great) (1495-1508), wise, king, and just ruler.
\nHaving been granted an illustrious education as any royalty at the time, Radu cel Mare, was the one to have linked his name to the printing of the first manuscript on the territory of Romania.
\nIn order to consolidate the reputation of the Church as a main supporter of the state, the ruler brought monk Macarie, Serbian hieromonk in Montenegro, trained as a printing worker in Venice (where manuscripts in Slavonic were printed, who had already printed 5 books (in Cetinje between 1493 and 1495). In the royal printing house at Dealu Monastery lead by Macarie the first three books were printed: \u201eLITURGHIER\u201c\/\u201eMISSAL\u201c (1508), \u201eOCTOIH\u201c\/\u201eHYMN\u201c (1510), and \u201eEVANGHELIAR\u201c\/\u201eGOSPEL-BOOK\u201c (1512), all of them written in Slavonic, language at the time
\nexclusively used in royal clerical halls and in religious services as the official language.
\nRomania currently has 5 copies of Macarie\u2019s \u201eLITURGHIER\u201c\/\u201eMISSAL\u201c: three of the copies are preserved by the Romanian Academy Library – the rare manuscripts section – (the unique copy and its doublet being welded in leather and wood) – one is hosted by the Orthodox Archbishopric Library in Sibiu and another one by the Central State Library in Bucharest. Another copy is hosted abroad in Belgrade, at Narodna Biblioteka Srbije.
\nThe Missal of 1508 has 128 leafs (256 pages), is numbered on notebooks, comprises 6 frontispieces (in 3 variants),
\ninitial letters are adorned and each page has 15 rows with text in black and red.
\nAs all Slavonic missals, manuscripts printed in Wallachia and Moldavia during the 16th and the 17th centuries, Macarie\u2019s Missal comprises all the three orthodox liturgies: Ioan Gur\u00e3 de Aur, Vasile cel Mare, and the \u201eafore-hallowed\u201c, preceded by the typical liturgy, including the \u201edeacon\u2019s service\u201c. Macarie\u2019s Missal however starts with the lecture of Vasile cel Mare to the priests, the text of the manuscript having the editor\u2019s epilogue on the last page, which, according to the habits of the time, was a foreword to the manuscript while some of the prayers added at the end were extremely rare.<\/p>\n

The postage stamp of the issue with a face value of RON 4.30 represents the image of a page in the Missal, fully adorned with red text.
\nThe postage stamp of the philatelic souvenir sheet with a face value of RON 9.10 reproduce two pages of the Missal, fully adorned with black and red text and the margin of the souvenir sheet shows the image of ruler Radu cel Mare, the founding father of the Dealu Monastery in Targoviste where the manuscript saw the daylight.<\/p>\n

We hereby express our appreciation for the Board of the Metropolitan Library from Bucharest for its support granted for the release of the postage stamp issue.<\/p>\n

Issue date: 2008-06-25<\/p>\n

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