Nikifor Manuscript

Summary

The Nikifor manuscript or Nikifor Chronicle is a monument of the first redaction of the Belarusian-Lithuanian Chronicles, preserved as part of a collection from the last quarter of the 15th century. The chronicle was previously owned by Nikolai Nikiforov, from whom it takes its name. The collection is now kept in the Manuscript Department of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg.