 In each of four portraits, the Evangelist and Sophia-Wisdom touch heads, this symbolizes their spiritual unity and the direct transfer of the divine inspiration, descending upon the Evangelist.The manuscript was brought back by Archbishop Porphyrius Uspensky from the Saint Paul's Monastery on Mount Athos.In 1883 the manuscript came into the Imperial Public Library along with the material gathered by Archbishop Porphyrius Uspensky.