Lit︠s︡evoĭ letopisnyĭ svod XVI veka. Russkai︠a︡ letopisnai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡. Kniga 6. 1242-1289 gg.
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Kniga 6
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The illuminated annalistic chronicle represents a legendary collection of Ivan the Terrible – the largest chronographic work of Medieval Rus illustrated with about 17 000 colored miniatures with a binder made of high-quality nubuk lettered in gold and decorative elements on the book cover. This monument to Old Russian book art representing the earliest historical and literary encyclopedia and completely reproducing miniatures and Old Russian text of every sheet of the original manuscript doesn’t’ have analogs in terms of the scale and presentation form of the covered material. The sixth book of the edition is devoted to the Russian history from 1242 to 1289 and describes the Battle of the Ice - a battle between the Republic of Novgorod and the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights, life and activity of Barlaam of Kiev, Saint Michael of Chernigov, death of the great prince Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich etc.
