Photo related to the "Memory of Poland".

It is the oldest example of the Slavic writting culture in Poland and one of the oldest of its kind in the world.

The codex was written in one of the monasteries near Preslaw, the capital of former Bulgar state. The greatest part of the codex is now in the National Library in Warsaw, the other part is in the Library of University of Lublana (Slovenia) and a small piece in Russian National Library in Sankt Petersburg (Russia). A part of the codex which can be seen today contains the Lives of Saints and the Teachings of Fathers of the Church for March. It was written in the Old Church Slavic language with the Cyrillic alphabet. It is of great value especially for studies of the proto-slavic language.