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Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
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The Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (Russian: Лицевой летописный свод, romanized: Litsevoy letopisny svod; 1560-1570s) is the largest compilation of historical information ever assembled in medieval Russia. It is also informally known as the Tsar Book (Царь-книга), in an analogy with Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon.[1][2]
The set of manuscripts was commissioned by tsar Ivan the Terrible[3] and was made by group of anonymous manuscript illuminators in tsar palace in Alexandrovskaya Sloboda and Moscow.
It covers the period from the Creation of the world (including Troian war, Ancient Rome and Byzantium) to the year 1567.[3]
The literal meaning of the Russian title is "face chronicle," alluding to the numerous hand-painted miniatures. The compilation consists of 10 volumes, containing about 10 thousand sheets of rag paper, it is illustrated with more than 16 thousand miniatures.
- ^ Исторический музей представил Царь-Книгу - Лицевой летописный свод (retrieved May 10, 2015)
- ^ Article "Personal Chronicle" in the TSB (in Russian)
- ^ a b "Personal Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible". Centralna Narodna biblioteka "Đurde Crnojevic". 12 April 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
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