Radziwiłł Chronicle

TheRadziwiłł Chronicle,also known as theKönigsberg Chronicle,is a collection ofilluminated manuscriptsfrom the 15th-century; it is believed to be a copy of a 13th-century original. Its name is derived from theRadziwiłłfamily of theGrand Duchy of Lithuania(later, thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), who kept it in theirNesvizh Castlein the 17th and 18th centuries. TheRadziwiłł manuscriptwas taken out ofKönigsbergin 1761 and acquired by theLibrary of the Russian Academy of Sciences,Saint Petersburg,where it is currently preserved with registration number "34.5.30".

Saint Petersburg,Library of theRussian Academy of Sciences,34.5.30, fol 68

The work tells the history ofKievan Rus'and its neighbors from the fifth to the early 13th centuries in pictorial form, representing events described in themanuscriptwith more than 600 colour illustrations.Among East Slavic chronicles, theRadziwiłłis distinguished for the richness and quantity of its illustrations, which may derive from the 13th-century original.

Contents

See also:Textual criticism of the Primary ChronicleandSuzdalian Chronicle § Textual witnesses

TheRadziwiłł Chronicle(Rad.) has the following textual structure:

• a copy of thePrimary Chronicle(Povest' vremmenykh let'(PVL), "Tale of Bygone Years" ) until the year 1116, the text of which groups it with theLaurentian Codex(Lav.), theAcademic Chronicle(Aka.), and the remnants of the lostTrinity Chronicle(Tro.);
• a text similar to theKievan Chroniclefrom 1118 to the mid-1170s, also known as the "southern Rus' source" (sometimes considered part of theSuzdalian Chroniclein the broadest sense);
• a copy of theSuzdalian Chroniclefrom the mid-1170s to 1203, the text of which has been very similarly preserved in theLaurentian Codex(Lav.), theAcademic Chronicle(Aka.), and theChronicler of Pereyaslavl-Suzdal(LPS); and
• a continuation from 1203 until the year 1206; a virtually identical continuation for 1203–1206 has preserved in theAcademic Chronicle(Aka.).This text is based on records of the city of Vladimir on the Klyazma.

• Primary Chronicle(PVL)
• Southern Rus' sources (similar toKievan Chronicle)
• Suzdalian Chronicle
• Laurentian continuation of theSuzdalian Chronicle

• Radziwiłł Chroniclecontinuation of theSuzdalian Chronicle
• Sofia First Chronicle(S1L)
• Tver Codex of 1305
• lost leaves of surviving manuscripts

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  Novgorod SlavsbuildingNovgorod
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  Saint Andrew's prophecy of the rise ofKiev
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  Igor of Kievlevying tribute from theDrevlians

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See also

• Academic Chronicle
• Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible

Bibliography

Primary sources

• Iroshnikov, M. P.; Kukushkina, M. V.; Lurie, Y. S. (1989).Том Тридцать Восьмой: Радзивиловская Летопись[Volume Thirty-Eight: Radziwiłł Chronicle].Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles(PSRL). M. D. Priselkov, O. P. Likhacheva, R. M. Mavrodina, E. K. Piotrovskaya. Leningrad (Saint Petersburg):Nauka.p. 179.

Literature

• Butler, Francis (2012). "The" Legend of Gorislava "(not" Rogned' "or" Rogneda "): An Edition, Commentary, and Translation".Dubitando: Studies in History and Culture in Honor of Donald Ostrowski(PDF).Bloomington: Slavica Publishers. pp. 335–352.ISBN9780893574048.Retrieved31 March2024.
• Gippius, Alexey A. (2014)."Reconstructing the original of the Povesť vremennyx let: a contribution to the debate".Russian Linguistics.38(3). Springer: 341–366.doi:10.1007/s11185-014-9137-y.JSTOR43945126.S2CID255017212.Retrieved17 May2023.
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• Thuis, Hans (2015).Nestorkroniek. De oudste geschiedenis van het Kievse Rijk(in Dutch). Nijmegen: Uitgeverij Vantilt. p. 304.ISBN9789460042287.
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• Tolochko, Oleksiy(2016-09-13),"Radziwiłł Chronicle",Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle,Brill,retrieved2022-01-13

External links

• Media related toRadzivill Chronicleat Wikimedia Commons
• http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/visite/radzivill/en/present1.html