Inessa Yur’evna Semenyakina,
Research Assistant, Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Structural Features of the Late 19th Century Old-Believer Manuscript from the Collection of the Bianki Regional Museum of Biysk
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2023-2-12
The aim of the article is to study the structural features of the convolute manuscript collection kept in the Bianki Regional Museum in the city of Biysk, exhibit number 15282. The article contains the analysis of the structure of the manuscript which dates back to the second half of the 19th century, shows the sources used by its author and describes the specific features of the compiler’s work with them. The manuscript composition is analysed in detail and its general subjects are defined. Finally, the conclusion is made that the manuscript creator used some eschatological texts and included some edifying extracts. The manuscript in itself has an elaborate concept and a distinct composition including an introduction and two basic parts preceded by Old and New Testament quotations.
Publishing: 28/02/2023
The article has been received by the editor on 11.01.2023
How to cite: Semenyakina I.Yu. The Structural Features of the Late 19th Century Old-Believer Manuscript from the Collection of the Bianki Regional Museum of Biysk // Historical Courier, 2023, No. 2 (28), pp. 142–150. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2023/ISTKURIER-2023-2-12.pdf]
The article was made on the topic of the state assignment “Memory of the Past in Written Sources of the 16th–20th Centuries: Updating Events, Broadcasting Cultural Traditions, Research Practices” (FWZM-2021-0005).
Links: Issue 2 2023
Keywords: Old-Believer collection; author-complier; structure; author’s concept; convolute collection; Biysk manuscript