Zvězda presvětlai︠a︡, [ca. 1680-1690].

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Title
Zvězda presvětlai︠a︡, [ca. 1680-1690].
Contributor
Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles--Russia
Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to--Russia
Pantelei,--son of Afanasi--Ownership
Published / Created
[ca. 1680-1690]
Abstract

An anthology of translated and Russian accounts of the posthumous miracles of the Virgin Mary.

Description
130 miniatures from the second half of the 19th century, including full illuminations depicting miracles of the Virgin.
Binding, 17th-18th century, boards in stamped leather with one intact clasp; spine restored in 19th century.
Incipit: Bogotechnui︠u︡ zvězdu i︠u︡zhe viděvshe volʹsvi, o neĭ zheprorochestvovashe Valaa drevle, i toi︠a︡ pōslědovasha zari....
Possible translation from a Ruthenian printed version (see Slovarʹ Knizhnikov i knizhnosti drevnei Rusi, 17 vek (A-Z), St. Petersburg, 1992, pp. 398-400).
Purchased from Svetlana Aronov on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund, 1997. Late 17th century ownership inscription on verso of first leaf attributed to Pantelei, son of Afanasi.
Russian Church Slavic.
Similar 17th-century copy found in Undolʹskij Collection, Russian State Library, Moscow, # 398. (See V. M. Undolʹskiĭ, Slavi︠a︡no-russkie rukopisi V.M. Undol'skago, Moscow, 1870, pp. 263-264.).
Stamp with two-headed eagle dated 1746 on inside back cover.
Watermarks: jester's head (Dianova, 1980, #355 (1683), #327 (1652)); crest of the city of Amsterdam with the letters IP (Dianova, 1980, #159 (1680)).
Extent
1 v. (297 l.) : ill. ; 20 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
Russian
Slavic languages

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Slavic MSS 4

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
mixed material
Genre
Devotional literature
drawings (AAT)
Hand coloring
illuminated manuscripts (AAT)
illustrations (AAT)
Miniatures (Illuminations)
sketches (AAT)
Resource Type
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name)
Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles--Russia
Mary,--Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to--Russia
Pantelei,--son of Afanasi--Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4274244
Object ID (OID)
10251556

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