Incunable from the Book collection of Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechayev) (Monastery of St Joseph of Volokolamsk). The first attempt of attribution
https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2020-2-24
Abstract
The following notice is the first draft description of the incunable, the famous Peregrinatio in terram sanctam, written by German nobleman, cathedral dean and politician in the Electorate of Mainz, Bernhard von Breidenbach, which had been discovered in the April 2020 in the library of St Joseph of Volokolamsk Monastery. This example is a German translation into early modern standard German dialect. By the comparison of the discovered book with the digital images of the editions of 1486 (Peter Schöffer of Mainz) and circa 1500 (Peter Drach of Speyer) collected in the European libraries it was identified as one of the copies printed circa 1500. Digitized copies are available in Bayerische Staatsbibliothek und Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel.
About the Authors
Irina N. Buzykina
Moscow Kremlin Museums
Russian Federation
Irina N. Buzykina* — graduate student of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (2010), PhD (ABD), editor in Moscow Kremlin Museums (since 2015)
Russian Federation
Irina N. Buzykina* — graduate student of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (2010), PhD (ABD), editor in Moscow Kremlin Museums (since 2015)
Yulia N. Buzykina
Moscow Kremlin Museums
Russian Federation
Yulia N. Buzykina — PhD in Art History (2011), researcher in Moscow Kremlin Museums
Russian Federation
Yulia N. Buzykina — PhD in Art History (2011), researcher in Moscow Kremlin Museums
Marina Perst
Germany
Marina Perst, independent researcher, graduate student of University of Culture History, Moscow (2010)
Alexandra D. Golovkova
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Alexandra D. Golovkova — student
Russian Federation
Alexandra D. Golovkova — student
Zoya Yu. Metlitskaya
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Zoya Yu. Metlitskaya — PhD in History (2005), associate professor in M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (since 2015)
Russian Federation
Zoya Yu. Metlitskaya — PhD in History (2005), associate professor in M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (since 2015)
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For citations:
Buzykina I.N., Buzykina Yu.N., Perst M., Golovkova A.D., Metlitskaya Z.Yu. Incunable from the Book collection of Metropolitan Pitirim (Nechayev) (Monastery of St Joseph of Volokolamsk). The first attempt of attribution. Russian Journal of Church History. 2020;1(2):97-115. https://doi.org/10.15829/2686-973X-2020-2-24
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