01 September 2006

Letter of Greetings of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, to the Readers of Reprint Edition of the Illuminated Chronicle Collection

Letter of Greetings of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, to the Readers of Reprint Edition of the Illuminated Chronicle Collection

I am most pleased to note the publication of the academic facsimile edition of this great monument of illustrative art and historical thought from Ancient Russia—The Illuminated Chronicle Collection (Litsevoi letopisnyi svod).

Created in the sixteenth century through the labors of Russian scholars and artists and with the blessing of St. Makarii, Metropolitan of Moscow, and on the orders of Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible, the Illuminated Chronicle Collection is the fruit of the deep faith, selfless patriotism, high scholarship, and the unsurpassed artistic talent of our ancestors. The individual pages of the Chronicle Collection reveal the spirit of the age and allow one to penetrate the inner world of the founders of the Russian State, to come to know and see the greatness and beauty of our national history.

Expressing my gratitude to all who took part in the publication of the Illuminated Chronicle Collection, and wishing them all God’s help in their future work, I with all my heart share with the readers of this work the joy of having now available this inexhaustible and eternally living source of Russian tradition.

The original is signed in Her Imperial Highness’s own hand:

Maria
H.I.H.Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna

Madrid, 1 September 2006

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