Galician–Volhynian Chronicle
The Galician–Volhynian Chronicle (GVC) (, called "Halicz-Wolyn Chronicle" in Polish historiography), also known as Chronicle of Halych–Volhynia and The Dynastic Chronicle of the Romanovichi, is a prominent work of Old Ruthenian literature and historiography covering 1201–1292 in the history of the Principality of Galicia–Volhynia (in modern Ukraine). Textual witnesses The original chronicle completed in the late 13th century did not survive. The oldest known copy is part of the early 15th-century Hypatian Codex, discovered in the Hypatian Monastery of Kostroma by the Russian historian and essayist Nikolay Karamzin. He also found the second codex of the Galician–Volhynian Chronicle, the 16th-century Khlebnikov Codex (which is considered the principal one). In 1973, five copies were known: Hypatian (Ipatiev), Khlebnikov (X), Pogodin (P), Cracow (C), and Ermolaev (E). As of 2022, seven codices/manuscripts that have been preserved are known to contain a paper copy of the Galician–Volhynian Chronicle. Hypatian Codex ( 1425) – contains a faulty chronology inserted by a later copyist Khlebnikov Codex ( 1575) / Ostroz'kyj – contains no chronology Pogodin/Chetvertyns'kyj text – contains no chronology Cracow text (late 18th century in Latin script) – poorly copied from the Pogodin text Bundur/Iarocki text Ermolaev (Yermolayev) text – similar to Khlebnikov, but