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{{Short description|14th-century Russian moral complication work}}
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[[File:Izmaragd, 16th century 01.jpg|thumb|Beginning of a copy from the early 16th century]]
The '''Izmaragd''' ({{langx|ru|Измарагд}}, {{IPA|ru|ɪzmɐˈrakt|IPA}}, from {{langx|grc|σμάραγδος|smáragdos|emerald}}) is a Russian moral compilation work, surviving in a number of manuscript copies.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rzhevsky |first1=Nicholas |title=The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture |date=5 April 2012 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-00252-4 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MIvnjlw7ICsC |language=en}}</ref> Written in [[codex]] form, the earliest written copy is from the 14th century. Depending on the version, it contains from 90 to 250 articles, mostly translated from [[Greek language|Greek]] and adapted to Russian culture and context.

The themes covered by the work are various: "revering books", Christian [[virtue]]s and [[sin]]s, good and mean wives, education of children and [[household]] management. The Izmaragd was widely in use until the end of 17th century (20th century in some [[Old Believers]] communities), and heavily contributed to the influence of [[Domostroy]] in the 15th and 16th centuries.

== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{GSEn|051420|«Измарагд»}}

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[[Category:14th-century manuscripts]]
[[Category:Medieval Russian literature]]