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psalter. Produced around 1360, during the reign of

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References

* # * Axinia Dzurova, '' Tomic Psalter. Monumenta slavico-byzantina et mediaevalia europensia Vol I '', Kliment Ohridski University Press, Sofia, 1990. Facsimile edition in two volumes. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomic Psalter Medieval Bulgarian literature Medieval Bulgarian literature of Macedonia 1360 works Christianity in Bulgaria Illuminated psalters Bulgarian art