EditorialBoyars of the Russian principality of Vladimir-Suzdal murder their Grand Prince, Andrei Bogoliubski in 1175. From the Radziwill Chronicle, an early history of Russia, from the legendary Rurik to the 13th. Page 215 v., 612 miniatures, late 15th.
EditorialKawanabe Kysai, Proverb: Even the light of the Buddha is based on money: Rurik-Buddha and The Gods live in the head of the honest, from the series: One hundred pictures from Kysai, color woodcut, Total: Height: 19.00 cm; Width: 13.50 cm, signed: Seisei...
EditorialPortraits of early Russian rulers. King Rurik 1, Igor I 2, Saint Olga 3, Sviatoslav I Igorevich 4, Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great 5, and Ivan IV the Terrible 14. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre and Stanghi from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes...
EditorialOpening page of the " Primary Chronicle" or Radziwill Chronicle, which tells the early history of Russia, from the legendary Rurik to 1206. Although compiled earlier by orthodox monks, the present version was written at the end of the 15th. 6...