The Izmaragd (Russian: Измарагд, from Greek smáragdos meaning emerald) is a Russian moral compilation work, surviiving in a number of manuscript copies, in codex form, the earliest written in the 14th century. A codex ( Latin for block of wood, Book; plural codices) is a book in the format used for modern books with separate pages normally Depending on the version, it contains from 90 to 250 articles, mostly translated from Greek and adapted to Russian culture and context. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly
The themes covered by the work are various: "revering books", Christian virtues and sins, good and mean wives, education of children and household management. Virtue ( Latin virtus; Greek) is moral Excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual Sin is a term used mainly in a religious context to describe an act that violates a moral Rule, or the state of having committed such a violation The household is the basic unit of analysis in many Social, Microeconomic and Government models The Izmaragd was widely in use until the end of 17th century (20th century in some Old Believers communities), and heavily contributed to the influence of Domostroy in 15th-16th centuries. Introductory summary of origins In 1652 Nikon (1605 – 1681 Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1652 to 1658 introduced a number of ritual and textual Domostroy or Domostroi (Домострой Domestic Order) is a 16th century Russian set of household rules instructions and advices pertaining
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