Pravosudiye Mitropolichye
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| А се есть правосудие митрополичие[1] (Lo, this is the Metropolitan's Just Judgment[2]) | |
|---|---|
 St. Photius, Theognostus and Cyprian | |
| Created | 13th - the beginning of the 16th centuries. |
Pravosudiye Mitropolichye (Russian: Правосудие митрополичье, IPA: [prəvɐˈsudʲɪjə mʲɪtrəpɐˈlʲitɕjə]), lit. Metropolitan's Justice) is a source of Old Russian law. It reflects the influence of the secular norms on Old Russian church law.[1]
There is one copy in church collection of the writings and homilies Flower Garden (Russian: Цветник). This collection also includes extracts from the Short Chronicler and Kiev Pechersk Patericon, Story about Abdication Books in edition the end of the 15th century, the canonical texts mainly from Novgorod monuments and other materials. It includes special redaction of Church Statute of Prince Yaroslav. According to Vladimir Avtokratov, processing of this redaction is similar to processing of Pravosudiye, therefore compiler of Pravosudiye could be the author of Flower Garden. The name of the monument ("Lo, this is the Metropolitan's Just Judgment"[2]) is a postscript at the bottom of the leaf.[1][3]
Date
Pravosudiye was dated 13—14th centuries by Serafim Yushkov,[4] 13th century by Boris Grekov. Mikhail Tikhomirov noted the similarity of the terminology of Pravosudiye and Moscow monuments, like Sudebniks, and believed that Pravosudiye could not be composed before the 14th century.[3] Lev Cherepnin connected Pravosudiye with Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' and some documents of the end of the 14th century. Vladimir Avtokratov gave a late date: between 1497 (the publication of Sudebnik of Ivan III) and paleographic date of available copy of Pravosudiye, that is the beginning of the 16th century.[1]
Sources
According to Vladimir Avtokratov, sources of Pravosudiye Mitropolichye were Russkaya Pravda in Extensive edition, Church Statute of Prince Yaroslav, Zakon Sudnyi Liudem, Old Russian law of 15—16th centuries, including Novgorod law (reflected in monuments such as Dvina Statutory Charter of 1397—1398, Beloozero Statutory Charter of 1488, Novgorod Judicial Charter, Novgorod Treaties with Princes) and possibly Sudebnik of 1497. Parts of the text almost always is marked by cinnabar initials, that meant different sections, taken from different sources. In the central part of the text (articles 13—21), one can see the influence of the structure and content of Sudebnik of 1497.[1][3]
