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The Orthodox Church is no exception: silver-gilt covers can be found from medieval times since gold symbolises the glory of heaven. Gospel books play a crucial role in the orthodox liturgy. They are carried in procession to the Royal Gate at the centre of icon wall and shown to the congregation by the priest before entering the sanctuary behind it.\r\n\r\nThis precious cover protects a copy of the gospel in Old Church Slavonic with a Cyrillic dedication to Empress Catherine the Great of Russia. The pages of the volume show traces of continued use, subsequent neglect and conservation in fairly recent years. The silver-gilt cover in contrast appears to have been in need of restoration already in the Nineteenth century. 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It is likely that it is one of the many objects that were sold by the USSR government in the 1920s and 1930s and subsequently found their way into Western collections. This volume was bought by Sir Arthur Gilbert for the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection in 1995. 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