Front Chronicle of the 16th century. The Facial Code - the Tsar-Book of Russian History An excerpt characterizing the Facial Chronicle Code

The front chronicle - the source of truth

The front chronicle was created in the 16th century by order of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible for the education of the royal children. The work on compiling this Code was headed by the most educated person of his time - St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', confessor of the Tsar. The best scribes and icon painters of their time worked on compiling the Code.

What they have done: a collection of all authentically known sources from Holy Scripture(text of the Septuagint) to the history of Alexander the Great and the writings of Josephus Flavius - the entire written history of mankind from the creation of the world to the 16th century inclusive. All times and all peoples that had a written language are reflected in dozens of books of this collection. Such a collection of chronicles, decorated with a huge number of highly artistic illustrations, was not created by any civilization of mankind: neither Europe, nor Asia, nor America and Africa.

The fate of the Russian Tsar himself and his children was tragic. The front annalistic code was not useful to the princes. After reading the Facial Code, part of which is devoted to the period of Grozny, it becomes clear why

Over the next hundreds of years, official historiography appeared, often opportunistic and politically biased, and therefore reliable chronicle sources were doomed to destruction or correction, that is, falsification. The front annalistic code survived these centuries due to the fact that after the death of Ivan the Terrible, during the period of unrest and timelessness, this tome became a coveted object for "enlightened" bibliophiles. Its fragments were taken to their libraries by the most influential nobles of their time: Osterman, Sheremetev, Golitsyn and others. After all, even then high-ranking collectors understood that there was no price for such a folio with sixteen thousand miniatures. And so the Code survived until the revolution, after which it was dumped in heaps in several museums and depositories.

Even today, through the efforts of enthusiasts, disparate books and sheets have been brought together from different repositories. And the revived Society of Ancient Literature Lovers made this masterpiece accessible to everyone. An unparalleled historical source will now be able to receive free of charge many major educational establishments world, national libraries different countries and, of course, our compatriots to raise children on this treasure of experience and wisdom of millennia.

In such an amazing way, the work that was done for the royal children five hundred years ago went to our children, dear contemporaries, for which we congratulate you from the bottom of our hearts!

the largest chronicle-chronographic code Ancient Rus'. L. S. was created by order of Ivan the Terrible in the Alexander Sloboda in 1568-1576. It contained a presentation of world history from the creation of the world to the 15th century. and Russian history until 1567. According to A. A. Amosov, the surviving ten volumes of L. S. number 9745 sheets, decorated with 17744 color illustrations (miniatures). There is reason to believe that the eleventh volume, containing an exposition of Russian history, was compiled (or was compiled, but lost) ancient period until 1114. The first three volumes of L. S. contained the text of historical biblical books (Pentateuch, the books of Joshua. Judges, the book of Ruth, the four books of Kings, the book of Esther, the book of the prophet Daniel), the full text of Alexandria, “History of the Jewish War” Joseph Flavius and two narratives about the Trojan War: an Old Russian translation of the Latin novel by Guido de Columna “The History of the Destruction of Troy” and “The Tale of the Creation and Capture of Troy” extracted from the Russian Chronograph. In the future, the sources of information on world history were the “Chronicle of Hellenic and Roman” of the second edition and the Russian Chronograph based on it. Russian history in volumes 4-10 is presented mainly according to the Nikon Chronicle, but already starting from the events of 1152, additional material, compared with this chronicle, is found in L.S. As B. M. Kloss established, its sources could be the Resurrection Chronicle, the Novgorod Code of 1539, “The Chronicler of the Beginning of the Kingdom,” and other sources. Around 1575, the already prepared text of L. S., at the direction of Ivan the Terrible, was subjected to significant revision in that part that contained a description of his reign, that is, from 1533 to 1568. In the postscripts made by an unknown editor on the margins of the manuscript, contained, in particular, accusations against persons executed or repressed during the oprichnina. Work on the L.S. was not completed - the miniatures of the last part were made only in ink sketch, but not painted. L. S. is not only an invaluable monument of book art, but also the most important historical source: miniatures, despite the conventionality and symbolic nature of some images, provide rich material for judgments about the historical realities of their time, and the study of editorial changes made to the last volume L S. (the so-called "Royal Book"), allows us to deepen our information about the complex political struggle in the post-oprichne period, to judge Grozny's changed assessments of the activities of one or another of his associates, about the new views of the tsar on the very events of his reign. The text of L. S. was published in the part that is based on the Nikon Chronicle (PSRL.-T. 9-13). Publisher: Shchepkin V. Facial collection of the Imperial Russian Historical Museum//IORYAS.-1899.-T. 4, book. 4.-S. 1345-1385; Presnyakov A. E.; 1) The royal book, its composition and origin. - St. Petersburg, 1893; 2) Moscow historical encyclopedia 16th century // IORYAS.- 1900.- T. 4, book. 3.- S. 824-876; Artsikhovsky A. V. Old Russian miniatures as a historical source. - M., 1944; Podobedova OI Miniatures of Russian historical manuscripts. - M., 1965. -S. 102-332; Amosov A. A.; 1) On the issue of the time of origin of the Ivan the Terrible's Facial Code // Materials and messages on the funds of the Department of Manuscript and Rare Books of the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.-L., 1978. - P. 6-36; 2) The personal chronicle of Ivan the Terrible: Experience of a comprehensive source study // ADD .- SPb., 1991; Kl os with B.M. 206-265; 2) Chronicle of the Front // Dictionary of scribes. - Issue. 2, part 2. - S. 30-32; 3) Royal book //Ibid.- S. 506.-508. O. V. Curds

For the first time, the legendary Facial Chronicle Code Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The manuscript with hundreds of colorful miniatures can be downloaded from the links below.

The front annalistic code was created in the 16th century by order of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible for the education of the royal children. The work on compiling this Code was headed by the most educated person of his time - St. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus'. The best scribes and icon painters of the capital worked on compiling the Code. What they have done: a collection of all reliably known sources from Holy Scripture (the text of the Septuagint) to the history of Alexander the Great and the writings of Josephus Flavius - the entire written history of mankind from the creation of the world to the 16th century inclusive. All times and all peoples that had a written language are reflected in dozens of books of this collection. Such a collection of chronicles, decorated with a huge number of highly artistic illustrations, was not created by any civilization of mankind: neither Europe, nor Asia, nor America or Africa. The fate of the Russian Tsar himself and his children was tragic. The front annalistic code was not useful to the princes. After reading the Facial Code, part of which is devoted to the period of Ivan the Terrible, it becomes clear why. Over the next hundreds of years, official historiography appeared, often opportunistic and politically biased, and therefore reliable chronicle sources were doomed to destruction or correction, that is, falsification. The front annalistic code survived these centuries due to the fact that after the death of Ivan the Terrible, during the period of unrest and timelessness, this tome became a coveted object for "enlightened" bibliophiles. Its fragments were taken to their libraries by the most influential nobles of their time: Osterman, Sheremetev, Golitsyn and others. After all, even then high-ranking collectors understood that there was no price for such a folio with sixteen thousand miniatures. And so the Code survived until the revolution and was dumped in heaps in several museums and depositories.

Even today, through the efforts of enthusiasts, disparate books and sheets have been brought together from different repositories. And the revived Society of Ancient Literature Lovers made this masterpiece accessible to everyone. An unparalleled historical source, now many major educational institutions of the world, national libraries of different countries and, of course, our compatriots will be able to receive free of charge to raise children on this treasure of experience and wisdom of millennia. In such an amazing way, the work that was done for the royal children five hundred years ago went to our children, dear contemporaries, on which we congratulate you from the bottom of our hearts!

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Volume Five (Troy)

Volume Six (The Earthly Life of Jesus Christ)

Seventh volume (Josephus Flavius Jewish War)

Volume Eight (Rom. Byzantium)

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Facsimile editions of Slavic and Byzantine manuscripts of the 11th-16th centuries. is a priority area of activity of the OLDP. The Foundation started to form perspective plan publications based on proposals already received. At the same time, we are ready to cooperate with the archives of Russia and foreign countries in the implementation and financing of facsimile editions of other rare monuments of Slavic and Byzantine writing. Publications will be carried out at a high printing level and sold in a significant circulation. Preference is given to early manuscripts (up to the 16th century inclusive) that have illustrations and require facsimiles due to low availability and (or) poor preservation.

To the attention of the readers of the group of the Commissioner of Qatar.-

Ladies and Gentlemen.

You have a unique opportunity to be among the first to get acquainted with the work of my comrades from electronic library Society of Lovers of Ancient Literature, who placed on the Internet the unique heritage of our ancestors. What will be revealed to you is truly magnificent and the study of the material will help you understand how the epic actually looked on the Russian Land. Discoveries and amazing events of the past await you, most of which have never been covered by Torah adherents - historians. Before you is the TRUTH, the very one that many of you have been painfully looking for all your life. Read and be proud that you belong to the Great Russian people.

A grandiose art project: the front chronicle of Ivan the Terrible, the Tsar-book is a chronicle of events in world and especially Russian history, written, probably in 1568-1576, especially for the royal library in a single copy. The word "facial" in the name of the Code means illustrated, with the image "in the faces." Consists of 10 volumes containing about 10 thousand sheets of rag paper, decorated with more than 16 thousand miniatures. Covers the period "from the creation of the world" to 1567.

For the first time in the open and free access on the website of the OLDP (Society of Lovers of Ancient Literature) the legendary Front Chronicle of Tsar Ivan the Terrible appeared. The manuscript with hundreds of colorful miniatures can be downloaded from the links below.

Even today, through the efforts of enthusiasts, disparate books and sheets have been brought together from different repositories. And the revived Society of Ancient Literature Lovers made this masterpiece accessible to everyone. An unparalleled historical source, now many major educational institutions of the world, national libraries of different countries and, of course, our compatriots will be able to receive free of charge to raise children on this treasure of experience and wisdom of millennia. In such an amazing way, the work that was done for the royal children five hundred years ago went to our children, dear contemporaries, on which we congratulate you from the bottom of our hearts!

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