- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Princeton University Library Collection of Church Slavic Manuscripts
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ng451m252
- Dates:
- circa 1700-1899
- Size:
- 4 items and 1.5 linear feet
- Language:
- Church Slavic; Old Slavonic; Church Slavonic; Old Bulgarian; Old Church Slavonic
Abstract
Includes 2 Russian Orthodox tropers and 2 quadriptychs dating from the 18th-19th centuries.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Includes 2 Russian Orthodox tropers and 2 quadriptychs dating from the 18th-19th centuries.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family, or subject. The tropers were a gift of the Estate of Albert Friend (Class of 1915), 1964 (AM 18113 and AM 18114). One quadriptych was a gift of H. Bertram Lewis, 1952 (AM 14645); the other, a gift of Professor Herbert Kessler, executor of the Josepha Weitzmann-Fiedler estate, 2001 (AM 2002-81).
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2016 processing.
- Processing Information
Finding aid written by Faith Charlton in August 2016.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Princeton University Library Collection of Church Slavic Manuscripts; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ng451m252
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Subject Terms:
- Byzantine chants
Christian art and symbolism -- Russia -- Modern period, 1500 -- Sources.
Christianity and art--Orthodox Eastern Church--Pictorial works.
Church Slavic language--Russia--History--18th century--Sources.
Church Slavic language--Russia--History--19th century--Sources.
Eastern churches -- Prayers and devotions -- Sources.
Icons, Russian--18th century--Sources.
Icons, Russian--19th century--Sources.
Orthodox Eastern Church -- Liturgy -- Sources.
Orthodox Eastern Church -- Russia -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
Orthodox Eastern Church -- Russia -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Religion and culture -- Russia -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.
Religion and culture -- Russia -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.