The Museum Collections
Introduction
I. History and Art Collection
1. Icons of the 14th – 19th centuries
icons of the 14th – 17th century
2. Jewelry art of the 14th – 20th century
jewelry art of the 14th – 17th century
jewelry art of the 18th – 19th century
the european silver 14th - 19th centuries
3. Small-size sculptures (works of metal, wood, bone)
XI – the beginning of the XX century
Small-size sculptures 11th – 17th century
Small-size sculptures 18th – early 20th century
enamel of Troitza masters 15-8th – early 20th century
5.Embroidery, lace, textiles of the 14th - early 20th century
icon and ornamental embroidery
gold and silver lace
6.Painting of the 18th – 21st centuries
painting of the 18th – 19th centuris
painting of the 20th – 21st centuris
II.Manuscripts and old printed books of the 14th – 17th century
IV.Lithography of the 18th – 19th century
V.Numismatics
VI.Medals of the 18th - early 20th century
VIII.Archeology collection
IX. Russian folk and applied and decorative art of the 17th – 21st c.
1. Artistic wood
folk carved and painted wood
wooden toys
house carving of Sergiev Posad
Khokhloma and Gorodets painting
2. Artistic textiles
embroidery and weaving
printed textiles and lace
Russian shawls
folk costumes
folk garments
printed cotton kerchiefs
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Manuscripts and old printed books of 14-19th centuries (p.2) |
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“Legend on an icon of Mother of god Odigitrii Tikhvin” of 1780th is one of the interesting among the books in the museum. This worthy manuscript has not come into the view of researchers. It concerns to monuments of late tradition, volume enough (302 sheets) and richly illustrated (119 miniatures of 2 headpieces).
All available narrations are included in it about the Mother of god Tikhvin, developed in 17-18th centuries.
In museum’s collection, there is variety of collection books, including Old Belief. One of books - the singing manuscript of 19th century, which have written off from the book of 17th century richly illustrated by celebratory compositions and ornaments, with use gold leaf.
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Icon “Mother of God of Tikhvin”. Miniature from the «Legend on an icon of Mother of God - Odigitria of Tikhvin». |
Phenomenon of the icon Mother of God to fishers on the lake. Miniature from the «Legend on an icon of Mother of God - Odigitria of Tikhvin». |
Plan of the Tikhvin monastery. Miniature from the «Legend on an icon of Mother of God - Odigitria of Tikhvin». |
Old Belief manuscript of 19 century (the copy from the manuscript of 17th century).
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The considerable part of the collection made books of the Cyrillic press. The collection of manuscripts and old printing books has considerably replenished as result of active collective work for years of existence of the museum. In the present, it totals more than thousand copies. The basic core of the collection is 59 books of the former collection of Trinity-St.Sergius Lavra.
The collection of old printing books has started to be completed again, purposefully and regularly, only since 1958 in connection with the organisation of expeditions under the account and gathering of products of Old Russian art. Three books of 16th century are the earliest in a museum collection: so-called Moscow hide type Gospel (1564) (catalogue ¹ 1), Psalter with posteriority, printed in the Jail in 1598 (catalogue ¹ 544), and the Gospel of 1600 published in Wilno (catalogue ¹ 526).
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Gospel. Moscow. 1564. Salary of the beginning of 17th century. |
Gospel. Moscow. 1564. Detail of the salary and a bookmark. |
Gospel. Moscow. 1564. Headpiece. Sheet 1. |
Gospel. Moscow. 1564. Engraving - Evangelist Matthew (¹1).
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Two thirds from 524 copies of books of the Cyrillic press are books of Moscow printing houses 16-18th centuries. Production of other printing houses, in particular, of Warsaw, Wilno, Grodno, Kiev, Klintsy, Lvov, Ostrog, Pochaev, Suprasl and St.-Petersburg are presented by individual copies. Among rare editions of the beginning of 17th century it is necessary to allocate the Gospel A. M. Radishchevskogo (1606) (catalogue ¹ 2), the Gospel of archimandrite Nektariy of 1633 (catalogue ¹10). One of samples secondary menology’s is menology 1690 in leather cover on boards, with a stamping.
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Gospel. Moscow. 1606. Salary of the beginning of 17th century. |
. Gospel. Moscow. 1606. Headpiece. Initial sheet. |
Gospel. Moscow. 1633. Headpiece and an engraving "Evangelist Matthew " |
Secondary menology. Moscow. 1690. Headpiece.
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The most numerous group in a museum collection is made by the editions of 18th century presented in basic "ordinary", which volumes have most full remained to our time. Secondary menology (176 editions in 193 copies) and the Gospel (44 editions in 103 copies) are most full presented by quantity of editions i.e. more than half of all collection. One of the reasons of prevalence the last are the precious covers, which have remained on much books, or the salaries, decorated with an engraving, niello, stamping, moulding and sometimes jewels.
It is possible to carry the Gospel of 1722 to printing editions of 18th century: one copy in velvet cover with enamel ornaments, another - on the boards closed by the copper stamping salary. On the top board - Revival of the Christ and evangelists. The book «Acathistuses and canons», published in Kiev in 1731 is perfectly illustrated. Pages of the book are in frameworks with a magnificent vegetative ornament.
Gospel. Moscow. 1722. Salary. |
Gospel. Moscow. 1722. Title page. |
Gospel. Moscow. 1722. Engraving with the image of evangelist Mark. |
. «Acathistuses and canons». Kiev. 1731. Engraving.
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The sample of the book of the Cyrillic press of provincial printing houses is «Lives of Sergius of Radonezh and Savva Storozhevsky» 1786, printed in Klintzy, in printing house of merchants Dm. Rukavishnikov and Jacob Zheleznikov. Cover leather, on boards, with a stamping. The given book has arrived from small, but valuable collection G.I.Mankovsky (Moscow). 9th books of this collection selected for a museum are monuments of Moscow, Ukrainian and Belarus Cyrillic press 17-18th centuries.
The rare edition of 19th century is the book of monk Isaac Sirin "Lectures". The edition of 1812 by moldavo-vlahiysky monastery. Cover leather, with a stamping.
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«Lives of Sergius of Radonezh and Savva Storozhevsky». Klintzy. 1786. headpiece and an engraving the «Phenomenon of the Mother of God to St. Sergius» |
"Lectures". 1812. Cover. |
"Lectures". 1812. Engraving «Rise of the Mother of God».
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