The Tsarsky titulyarnik (Russian: Царский титулярник), sometimes translated as Tsar's Book of Titles, in full the Big State Book or Root of Russian Sovereigns (Russian: Большая государева книга или Корень российских государей), is a 1672 illuminated manuscript containing portraits of Russian monarchs. It was issued by Alexis of Russia and produced under the direction of Artamon Matveyev, the head of the posolsky prikaz (foreign ministry). It also includes short biographies and illustrations of coats of arms, as well as portraits of foreign rulers.
Gallery
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Title page of copy in Hermitage Museum
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Coat of arms of Russia
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Portrait of Alexis of Russia
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Portrait of Patriarch Joasaphus II of Moscow
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Portrait of Louis XIV
References
- ^ Hennings, Jan (27 October 2016). Russia and Courtly Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 71–72. ISBN 978-1-107-05059-4.
- ^ Kivelson, Valerie Ann; Neuberger, Joan (1 January 2008). Picturing Russia: Explorations in Visual Culture. Yale University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-300-11961-9.