Legends of the XVIIth century about shrines, saints and ascetics of the Russian North
Pinega and Mezen
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Serie Old Russian legends about memorable people, places
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The book contains studies and publications of literary monuments of the XVIIth century about shrines, saints and ascetics renowned in Pinega and Mezen. Uniqueness and existence of each particular literary monument is considered in the context of local book and manuscript traditions. All the texts collected in the book are published from manuscript sources, including the newly found manuscripts.