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Grigor'ev's bell of 1655 showing the portrait of Patriarch Nikon – Antique Photo Print

Grigor'ev's bell of 1655 showing the portrait of Patriarch Nikon, 1674 — antique engraving
Grigor'ev's bell of 1655 showing the portrait of Patriarch Nikon, 1674. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This antique engraving of Grigor'ev's bell of 1655 showing the portrait of Patriarch Nikon brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Grigor'ev's bell of 1655 showing the portrait of Patriarch Nikon

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A bell cast in 1655 by a maker named Grigor'ev, with a portrait of Patriarch Nikon on it, is the subject of this 1674 engraving. Nikon led the Russian Orthodox Church from 1652 until a church council deposed him in 1666, and his reforms of liturgical texts split believers in ways that still matter. The engraving appeared as an illustration in Eric Palmquist's account of a royal embassy to the Tsar of Muscovy. The record's details come from an unverified caption card, so the bell's appearance is worth checking against other sources.

Created / published1674
Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesIllus. in: Eric Palmquist, Nagre widh sidste kongl. ambassaden till tzaren muskow, 1674, leaf 20. Ref. copy may be in SSF(Gr) - BELLS. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan948 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159170

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