Aleksey V. Chernetsov

Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia

E-mail: avchernets@yandex.ru

Keywords: мiniatures of historical manuscripts, Ivan the Terrible’s Illuminated Compiled Chronicle, Radziwill Chronicle, Vladimir and Rogneda, matchmaking, attempted murder.

The article is devoted to the study of miniatures of the Illuminated Compiled Chronicle of the 16th century, in which the dramatic history of Vladimir and Rogneda is presented. The author traces the presence of interest of the later miniaturists to the depicted events, their attitude towards them. As comparative materials the miniatures of another manuscript – the Radziwill Chronicle of the late 15th century – were drawn.

DOI: 10.31857/S086960630001647-0