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Ligatures and Вязь (Vyaz’)

Ligatures and Вязь (Vyaz’)

Chapter 5 of Schepkin’s Textbook of Russian Paleography was actually what first drew me to this book, as it is…

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Materials and Tools Used To Create Medieval Russian Manuscripts

Materials and Tools Used To Create Medieval Russian Manuscripts

Below is my translation of the fourth section from Schepkin’s Textbook of Russian Paleography. This chapter briefly covers some of…

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Dialects of Old Slavonic

Dialects of Old Slavonic

Another chapter of Schepkin’s Textbook of Russian Paleography completed. This chapter talks about the dialects of Old Church Slavonic (OCS)…

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Old Slavonic and the Slavonic Alphabets

Old Slavonic and the Slavonic Alphabets

My first year in grad school for Slavic Languages, one of my classes was on Old Church Slavonic (OCS) or…

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The Goals and Methods of Russian Paleography

The Goals and Methods of Russian Paleography

One of my previous blog posts (Deciphering Medieval Cyrillic for Russian SCA Calligraphy) provided a basic overview for SCA use…

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Fabrics in Pre-Mongol Rus’

Fabrics in Pre-Mongol Rus’

Several of the articles I’ve read about medieval Russian clothing and embroidery have discussed the various kinds of fabric which…

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Medieval Russian Garb

Medieval Russian Garb

I recently finished reading and translating an article by M.A. Saburova on medieval Russian garb. This article, published in 1997,…

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Fun Videos about Late Medieval Russian Clothing

I recently came across these videos posted on YouTube by the Museums of the Moscow Kremlin, talking about late-medieval (16th-17th…

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Eastern-Style Medieval Russian Kaftans

Eastern-Style Medieval Russian Kaftans

I have been looking into making a Russian style kaftan for my SCA persona, and came across this interesting article…

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Elements of Medieval Russian Life as Depicted in the Königsberg Chronicle

Elements of Medieval Russian Life as Depicted in the Königsberg Chronicle

One of my favorite medieval Russian manuscripts is the Radziwiłł Chronicle, also known as the Königsberg Chronicle. This book is…

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