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Book/Printed Material Fathers of the Solovetsky Monastery and Their Sufferings.

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Title

  • Fathers of the Solovetsky Monastery and Their Sufferings.

Summary

  • This manuscript was made around 1800 by an often-persecuted group of Russian Christians, the Old Believers. Because books were frequently confiscated from this group and its members were denied the use of printing presses, they continued to write important books such as this one by hand. This text chronicles and illustrates the story of a group of monks at the Solovetsky Monastery who opposed the controversial reforms introduced by Nikon (Patriarch of Moscow, 1652-58) and who endured a siege of eight years (1668-76) before they were finally betrayed. Most of the monks were killed, though some escaped, and many went to the Vyg region, where the author of this book, Simeon Denisov (1682-1741), seen in a full-page miniature on folio 1 verso, was a leader in the Old Believer community. Among the scenes shown are the beheading and torture of monks and attacks on the besieged monastery.

Names

  • Denisov, Simeon, 1682-1741 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1800.

Headings

  • -  Russian Federation--Arkhangelsk Oblast--Solovetski Islands
  • -  1668 to 1678
  • -  Alekseĭ Mikhaĭlovich, Czar of Russia, 1629-1676
  • -  Miniatures (Illuminations)
  • -  Monasteries
  • -  Monastic and religious life
  • -  Monks
  • -  Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and of Russia, 1605-1681
  • -  Old Believers
  • -  Russian Orthodox Church
  • -  Solovet︠s︡kiĭ monastyrʹ

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Walters Ms. W.916"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 136 folios : paper ; 15 x 18.5 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Walters Art Museum.
  • -  Content in Russian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • World History

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667523

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Denisov, Simeon, Author. Fathers of the Solovetsky Monastery and Their Sufferings. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1800] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667523/.

APA citation style:

Denisov, S. (1800) Fathers of the Solovetsky Monastery and Their Sufferings. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667523/.

MLA citation style:

Denisov, Simeon, Author. Fathers of the Solovetsky Monastery and Their Sufferings. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1800] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667523/>.