Old Russian Calendar and Chronological Sources in the XV-XVII Centuries
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The calendar system differs in various countries, religions and over different historical periods. The given book is devoted to the study of the tradition of manuscript texts, connected with calendar calculations of the Russian Orthodox church of the XVth-XVIIth centuries. Chronological compilations, tables, and articles interpreting the works of such outstanding figures of the period as Iona of Solovki, Iermolai-Ierasm and others discover problems of terminology and highlight basic features of ancient Russian calendar tradition.
