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Zar Mamai aus BL YT 51, f. 46v
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Großfürst Sergei Alexandrowitsch und Großherzogin Elisaveta Feodorovna.
Großfürst Sergei Alexandrowitsch und Großherzogin Elisaveta Feodorovna.
Konchar, podnesennyi tsariu Alekseiu Mikhailovichu grekom Dmitriem v 1657 g. i starinnyi konchar. Ris. Akad. F. Solntsev. Khromolitografiia F. Dregera.
V d. Gofmeistera Vsevolod Evgenievich Koniar (Domashnii nariad boiarina kontsa XVII veka)
Großherzogin Anastasia und General V.N. Voeikov
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Großherzog Dmitri und Eudoxia aus BL YT 51, ff. 17v / 18
Zusammenfassung
Miniature of the Grand Duke Dmitri and his army riding away, as the sun breaks through to shine on them; miniature of the Grand Duchess Eudoxia and her daughter-in-law gazing out of the window of their palace. Image taken from ff. 17v-18 of Skazanie o Mamaevom Poboishche (the Tale of the Rout of Mamai). Written in Russian Church Slavonic.
Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The collection is now housed at the British Library in London.
Henry Yates Thompson was born into a wealthy family in 1838. Thompson began collecting manuscripts and other items in the 1870s. His collection quickly gained recognition for its exceptional quality and breadth. He had a keen eye for illuminated manuscripts, which are manuscripts decorated with intricate illustrations and calligraphy. The collection has a particular emphasis on medieval manuscripts.