Bibliographies, Catalogues, and Directories of Specific Types of Sources

Index

Personal Papers

General Directories
Lichnye arkhivnye fondy v gosudarstvennykh khranilishchakh SSSR: Ukazatel'.
Compiled by E. V. Kolosova, A. A. Khodak, V. V. Tsaplin, et al.
Edited by Iu. I. Gerasimova, S. S. Dmitriev, S. V. Zhitomirskaia, et al.
3 vols.
Moscow: 1962–1963, 1980.
Vol. 1: A–M. 1962. 470 p. Vol. 2: N–Ia. 1963. 502 p. Vol. 3: 1980. 544 p.
[IDC-R-10,655]
An extensive directory of personal and family papers in state repositories throughout the USSR. Far from comprehensive, however, it excludes CPSU, Defense, and Foreign Ministry archives, and omits coverage of repressed individuals and many from non-Russian republics. The third volume covers many not listed earlier, but again is far from complete. An updated, expanded version is long overdue.

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Specialized Biobibliographic Directories (with Archival Coverage)

Kononov, Iurii Fedorovich.
Istoriia lichnykh fondov gosudarstvennykh deiatelei Rossii XVIII–pervoi poloviny XIX v.: Uchebnoe posobie.
Moscow, 1964. 85 p. [MGIAI]
[IDC-R-11,235]
Discusses family archives of a number of important prerevolutionary families; helpful to researchers dealing with personal papers, although not a guide to present locations.

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Selected Coverage of Individual or Family Papers

(in Two or More Repositories)

Andrei Belyi (pseud. of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev) (1880–1934)

Bugaeva, K.; and Petrovskaia, A.
"Literaturnoe nasledstvo Andreia Belogo." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 27–28 (1937): 575–638.
[IDC-in 1174]
A scholarly survey of the manuscript legacy of Andrei Belyi, with indication of then current locations. Manuscript materials (see esp. pp. 627–38) were then mainly divided among the State Literary Museum (collections now in RGALI), the Lenin Library (now RGB), and the Bibliographic Cabinet of the House of Soviet Writers (now in IMLI), although some of the author’s papers remained dispersed and in private hands.

(Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880–1921)

Orlov, Vladimir N.
"Literaturnoe nasledstvo Aleksandra Bloka." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 27–28 (1937): 505–74.
[IDC-in 1174]
A scholarly study of the manuscript legacy of Blok, with indication of then current locations.

Andrei Timofeevich Bolotov (1738–1833) and Family

Tolmachev, Andrei Leonidovich.
"Arkhiv sem'i Bolotovykh." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1990 god (1992): 229–39.
[IDC-in R-10,754]
Describes materials in various repositories including the MS Division of RGB and RNB, IRLI (PD), RGALI, BAN, and other collections.

Valerii Iakovlevich Briusov (1738–1833)

Il'inskii, Aleksandr.
"Literaturnoe nasledstvo Valeriia Briusova." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 27–28 (1937): 457–504.
[IDC-in 1174]
A scholarly study of the manuscript legacy of Valerii Briusov, with indication of then current locations. See also the additional survey of the author’s personal library—O. V. Purisheva, "Biblioteka Valeriia Briusova" (pp. 661–74).

Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1870–1953)


"Buninskie materialy v arkhivakh Sovetskogo Soiuza: Svodnyi obzor." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 84 (1973): 447–514.
Ivan Bunin, book 2.
[IDC-in 1174]
A detailed survey of Bunin archival materials in many different repositories.

Fedor Ivanovich Buslaev (1818–1897)

Afiani, Vitalii Iur'evich.
"Epistoliarnoe nasledie F. I. Buslaeva v moskovskikh khranilishchakh." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1971 god (1972): 304–14.
[IDC-in R-10,754 mf. 121–127]
A detailed catalogue of holdings in RGB, RGALI, GIM, and RGADA.

Petr Il'ich Chaikovskii (Tchaikovsky) (1840–1893)


Muzykal'noe nasledie Chaikovskogo: Iz istorii ego proizvedenii.
Edited by N. V. Tumanina, V. V. Protopopov, and K. Iu. Davydova.
Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1958. 542 p.
[IDC-R-10,656]
Although not technically a catalogue of manuscripts, following the description of each composition, there is a detailed list of manuscript locations.

Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevskii (1821–1881)


Opisanie rukopisei F. M. Dostoevskogo.
Edited by V. S. Nechaeva.
Moscow: 1957. 587 p.
[IDC-R-10,657]
Describes Dostoevskii manuscripts in some 15 different repositories—especially RGB, PD, and RGALI, with correlations to published editions.

Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen (A. I. Herzen) (1812–1870)

Putintsev, Vladimir Aleksandrovich; and Lanskii, Leonid Rafaelovich.
"Rukopisi proizvedenii Gertsena v ‘Prazhskoi’ i ‘Sofiiskoi’ kollektsiiakh: Opisanie." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 63 (1956): 725–52.
[IDC-in 1174]
Describes Herzen literary manuscripts acquired from Prague now in RGALI and those from Sofia now in the MS Division of RGB.

Vladimir Il'ich Lenin (1870–1924)

Kuz'min, Stanislav Ivanovich.
"Rozysk dokumentov V. I. Lenina v gosudarstvennykh arkhivakh SSSR (1923–1967 gg.)." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1968 god (1969): 5–13.
[IDC-in R-10,754 mf. 98–106]
Details the search for Lenin documents throughout the former USSR.

Mikhail Iur'evich Lermontov (1814–1841)

Pakhomov, Nikolai Pavlovich.
"Zhivopisnoe nasledstvo Lermontova." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 45–46 (1948): 55–222.
[IDC-in 1174]
A catalogue of graphic materials by Lermontov in different Soviet repositories, especially RNB, some of which have subsequently been consolidated in RGALI.

Mikhail Vasil'evich Lomonosov (1711–1765)

Andreev, A. I., et al.
"Obozrenie rukopisei Lomonosova i materialov o nem, khraniashchikhsia v moskovskikh i leningradskikh arkhivakh, muzeiakh i bibliotekakh." In Lomonosov: Sbornik statei i materialov, edited by A. I. Andreev et al., vol.3, pp. 373–470.
Moscow:/ Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1951.
[IDC-R-10,658]
Separate articles cover materials in RGADA, RGIA, and RGAVMF, and a composite article covers RGALI, GIM, and RGB.

Chernov, S.
"Literaturnoe nasledstvo M. V. Lomonosova." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 9–10 (1933): 327–29.
[IDC-in 1174]

Vladimir Vladimirovich Maiakovskii (1893–1930)


V. V. Maiakovskii: Opisanie dokumental'nykh materialov.
2 vols.
Moscow: GAU, TsGALI, BMM, 1964–1965.
Vol. 1: "Okna" ROSTA i Glavpolitprosveta 1919–1922 gg. Compiled by K. N. Suvorova. Edited by V. D. Duvakina. 287 p. Vol. 2: Rukopisi. Zapisnye knizhki. Zhivopis'. Risunki. Afishi. Programmy. Zapisi golosa. Compiled by V. A. Arutcheva et al. Edited by N. V. Reformatskaia. 303 p.
[IDC-R-10,659]
Describes Maiakovskii manuscripts in a variety of repositories—especially RGALI and GMM, with correlations to published editions.

Fedor Mikhailovich Reshetnikov (1841–1871)

Veksler, Ivan Ivanovich.
"Sud'ba literaturnogo nasledstva F. M. Reshetnikova." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 3 (1932): 309–18.
[IDC-1174 mf. 18-27]
Surveys materials in RNB and PD in St. Petersburg.

Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889)


"Shchedrinskie arkhivnye fondy v SSSR: Predvaritel'noe opisanie rukopisei M. E. Saltykova-Shchedrina i biograficheskikh materialov o nem, khraniashchikhsia v arkhivakh i sobraniiakh SSSR." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 13/14 (1934): 591–624.
[IDC-R-11,054; also in IDC-1174 mf. B-20-39]
Catalogues manuscripts in various Soviet repositories, including RNB and PD.

Vasilii Ivanovich Semevskii (1848–1916)

Kritskii, Iu. M.
"Epistoliarnoe nasledstvo V. I. Semevskogo v arkhivakh Moskvy i Leningrada." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1970 god (1971): 300–306.
[IDC-in R-10,754 mf. 114–20]
Surveys letters of the historian Semevskii in eight repositories in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov (1864–1920)

Robinson, Mikhail Andreevich.
"Epistoliarnoe nasledie akademika A. A. Shakhmatova." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1973 god (1974): 228–35.
[IDC-in R-10,754 mf. 136–39]
Surveys letters of the historian Shakhmatov in various repositories.

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (1814–1861)


Opys rukopysiv T. H. Shevchenka.
Compiled by I. M. Kurylenko, L. F. Kodats'ka, M. S. Hrudnyts'ka, et al.
Edited by M. S. Hrudnyts'ka and O. I. Bilets'kyi.
Kyiv: Vyd-vo AN URSR, 1961. 551 p.
[IDC-R-14,310]
Although the majority of materials covered are in Ukraine, also includes references to sources in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Vorontsov Family

Trotskii, I.
"Arkhiv Vorontsovykh." Literaturnoe nasledstvo 9–10 (1933): 397–420.
[IDC-R-11,056; also in IDC-1174 mf. 70-83]
Surveys archival materials of the Vorontsov family, with historical details about their dispersal in various repositories.

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Medieval Slavic Manuscript Books

Bibliographies of Catalogues and Descriptions

General


Spravochnik-ukazatel' pechatnykh opisanii slaviano-russkikh rukopisei.
Compiled by Iu. K. Begunov, N. F. Bel'chikov, and N. P. Rozhdestvenskii.
Edited by N. F. Bel'chikov.
Moscow:/ Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1963. 360 p.
[IDC-R-10,661]
The most comprehensive available bibliographic directory of catalogues of medieval Slavic manuscripts. An updated edition is long overdue.

Smirnov, Ioann Mikhailovich.
Ukazatel' opisanii slavianskikh i russkikh rukopisei otechestvennykh i zagranichnykh knigokhranilishch.
Sergiev Posad: Tip. Sv.-Tr. Sergievoi lavry, 1916. 46 p.
[IDC-R-9819]
EARLIER VERSION: Originally published as a supplement to Bogoslovskii vestnik, 1916.
A basic bibliography of catalogues of medieval Slavic manuscripts, listed under city and repository, and hence helpful for determining prerevolutionary locations. The review by S. I. Maslov, "Kritiko-bibliograficheskii obzor noveishikh trudov po slaviano-russkoi bibliografii i paleografii," Universitetskie izvestiia, 1918, no. 1, pp. 1–17 (included in the microfiche edition), provides supplemental listings.

Bibliographies of Studies of Early Slavic Literature (Including MS Coverage)

Droblenkova, Nadezhda Feoktistovna.
Bibliografiia sovetskikh russkikh rabot po literature XI–XVII vv. za 1917–1957 gg.
Edited by V. P. Adrianova-Peretts.
Moscow:/ Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1961. 434 p.
[IDC-R-17,254]
REPRINT ED.: Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der DDR, 1976. [AN SSSR; IRLI]

Droblenkova, Nadezhda Feoktistovna.
Bibliografiia rabot po drevnerusskoi literature, opublikovannykh v SSSR, 1958–1967 gg.
Edited by L. A. Dmitriev and V. P. Adrianova-Peretts.
2 vols.
Leningrad: "Nauka," Leningradskoe otdelenie, 1978–1979. AN SSSR; IRLI]
Pt. 1: (1958–1962 gg.). 205 p. Pt. 2: (1963–1967 gg.). 278 p.
[IDC-R-14,705]
SUPPLEMENT: ——. 1968–1972 gg. Edited by D. M. Bulanin. SPb., 1996. 279 p.
An extensive bibliography of books and articles relating to the literature of early Rus'. The supplements are less conveniently arranged—chronologically by year of publication and then alphabetically by author within each year. Includes indexes of topics.

Kolobanov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich; Konovalova, O. F.; and Salmina, M. A.
Bibliografiia sovetskikh rabot po drevnerusskoi literature za 1945–1955 g.
Edited by D. S. Likhachev.
Moscow:/ Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1956. 171 p.
[IDC-R-14,747]
Arranged in a similar format and largely superseded by the Droblenkova bibliography.

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Directories of Collections

Rogov, Aleksandr Ivanovich.
Svedeniia o nebol'shikh sobraniiakh slaviano-russkikh rukopisei v SSSR.
Edited by M. N. Tikhomirov.
Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1962. 298 p.
[IDC-R-10,662]
Locates the present whereabouts of some 569 small collections (under 600 units) of Slavic manuscripts in the former Soviet Union, with references to published descriptions. A review by Iu. K. Begunov ("Spravochnik slaviano-russkikh rukopisei," Voprosy arkhivovedeniia, 1964, no. 2, pp. 122–24), provides additional references.

Putsko, Vasilii Grigor'evich.
"Maloizvestnye rukopisnye sobraniia Leningrada." Trudy Otdela drevnerusskoi literatury (TODRL) 25 (1970): 345–48.
[IDC-in R-11,164]
A brief survey and/or lists of some of the manuscript books held in the Scientific Library of the Russian Academy of Arts (8 Slavic and several Byzantine MSS), the Institute of the History of Art (13 choral MSS), the St. Petersburg Conservatory (21 MSS), and the St. Petersburg Theological Academy (over 150 MSS).

Malyshev, Vladimir Ivanovich.
"Zametki o rukopisnykh sobraniiakh Leningrada, Chernovits, Rigi, Dvinska i drugikh gorodov." Trudy Otdela drevnerusskoi literatury (TODRL) 7 (1949): 455–68.
[IDC-in R-11,164]
Surveys holdings of medieval Slavic manuscript books in the State Hermitage and the Russian Ethnographic Museum, as well as several private collections in Leningrad, including those of F. A. Kalinkin (part of which was later acquired by BAN), V. F. Gruzdev, and V. A. Desnitskii, among others. Later parts of the article cover collections in other cities mentioned.

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Union Catalogues


Svodnyi katalog slaviano-russkikh rukopisnykh knig, khraniashchikhsia v SSSR: XI–XIII vv.
Edited by S. O. Shmidt, L. P. Zhukovskaia, N. N. Pokrovskii, et al.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1984. 406 p.
[IDC-R-14,945]
The first segment of the comprehensive union catalogue of Slavonic-Cyrillic manuscripts throughout the USSR, prepared by the Archeographic Commission, provides scholarly descriptions of 494 manuscript books and a detailed bibliography of relevant literature.

Shelamanova, Nina Borisovna.
"Predvaritel'nyi spisok slaviano-russkikh rukopisei XI–XIV vv., khraniashchikhsia v SSSR (dlia ‘Svodnogo kataloga rukopisei, khraniashchikhsia v SSSR, do kontsa XIV v. vkliuchitel'no’)." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1965 god (1966): 177–272.

INDEX: Zhukovskaia, Lidiia Petrovna. "Pamiatniki russkoi i slavianskoi pis'mennosti XI–XIV vv. v knigokhranilishchakh SSSR," Sovetskoe slavianovedenie, 1969, no. 1, p. 57–71.
[IDC-R-10,777, also in R-10,754]
A preliminary list for the union catalogue of Slavonic-Cyrillic manuscripts throughout the USSR.

Vorob'ev, M. N.; and Rogov, Aleksandr Ivanovich.
"K vykhodu ‘Predvaritel'nogo spiska slaviano-russkikh rukopisei XV v., khraniashchikhsia v SSSR’ (dlia Svodnogo kataloga rukopisei, khraniashchikhsia v SSSR)." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1977 god (1978): 49–55.
[IDC-in R-10,754]

Shelamanova, Nina Borisovna.
"O podgotovke svodnogo kataloga rukopisei, khraniashchikhsia v SSSR." In Problemy nauchnogo opisaniia rukopisei i faksimil'nogo izdaniia pamiatnikov pis'mennosti: Materialy Vsesoiuznoi konferentsii, edited by M. V. Kukushkina et al., pp. 20–24.
Leningrad: "Nauka," Leningradskoe otdelenie, 1981. BAN SSSR; AK]
[IDC-in R-14,774]
Reports on progress in the comprehensive union catalogue of Slavonic-Cyrillic manuscripts and cites published methodological literature.

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Catalogues of Specialized Types of Manuscripts

Iatsimirskii, Aleksandr Ivanovich.
Bibliograficheskii obzor apokrifov v iuzhno-slavianskoi i russkoi pis'mennosti: Spiski pamiatnikov. Pt. 1: Apokrify vetkhozavetnye.
Petrograd: Rossiiskaia gosudarstvennaia akademicheskaia tip., 1921. viii, 273 p. [ORIaS AN]
[IDC-R-175]
REPRINT ED.: Ann Arbor: University Microfilms/ Books on Demand.
A detailed catalogue and correlation table for Old Testament apocrypha found in various early Russian and South Slavic manuscripts, with references to different copies and variant redactions.

Druzhinin, Vasilii Grigor'evich.
Pisaniia russkikh staroobriadtsev: Perechen' spiskov, sostavlennykh po pechatnym opisaniiam rukopisnykh sobranii.
St. Petersburg: Tip. M. A. Aleksandrova, 1912. xiv, 534 p. "Letopis' zaniatii Arkheograficheskoi komissi (LZAK)," vol. 25. Izd. Imp. AK]
[IDC-R-5892; also in IDC-1296 mf. 257-68]
An incipit–initial title list of old believer compositions, many of which are held as part of the V. G. Druzhinin Collection in BAN (fond 19). The first part is arranged alphabetically by author, the second for anonymous texts, alphabetically by title or subject of title. In all cases gives the incipit and the then current repository code numbers. Includes a composite index of titles (pp. 482–534).

Barsukov, Nikolai Platonovich.
Istochniki russkoi agiografii.
St. Petersburg: Tip. M. M. Stasiulevicha, 1882. xi p., 616 cols, viii p. "Obshchestvo liubitelei drevnei pis'mennosti," vol. 81.
[IDC-R-5695, also in IDC-1030]
REPRINT ED.: Leipzig: Zentralantiquariat der DDR, 1970.
A basic description of manuscript lives of saints and related texts with code numbers identifying their location in prerevolutionary repositories. A copy in the reference collection of the RNB MS Division has extensive manuscript annotations and supplemental listings.

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Research Handbooks Relating to Early Slavic Manuscripts

Budovnits, Isaak Urialovich.
Slovar' russkoi, ukrainskoi, belorusskoi pis'mennosti i literatury do XVIII veka.
Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1962. 397 p.
[IDC-R-14,834]
An encyclopedic compendium of data for researchers in early history and literature. Includes many references to manuscript collections and archival materials, mostly in Moscow and Leningrad. Identifies many individuals and types of sources as well as titles of a wide range of related works.

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Collective and Symposia Volumes Devoted to Early Manuscripts


Problemy nauchnogo opisaniia rukopisei i faksimil'nogo izdaniia pamiatnikov pis'mennosti: Materialy Vsesoiuznoi konferentsii.
Edited by M. V. Kukushkina and S. O. Shmidt.
Leningrad: "Nauka," Leningradskoe otdelenie, 1981. 265 p. [BAN SSSR; AK]
[IDC-R-14,774]
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS: Vsesoiuznaia nauchnaia konferentsiia "Problemy nauchnogo opisaniia rukopisei i faksimil'nogo izdaniia pamiatnikov pis'mennosti," Leningrad, 14–16 fevralia 1979 g.: Tezisy dokladov (Leningrad: BAN, 1979. 60 p.)
A collection of articles from the conference of the same name that took place in Leningrad, 14–16 February 1979.

Problemy rukopisnoi i pechatnoi knigi.
Edited by T. B. Kniazevskaia, E. S. Likhtenshtein, A. A. Sidorov, et al.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1976. 363 p. [AN SSSR]
[IDC-R-14,773]

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS: Knigovedenie i ego zadachi v svete aktual'nykh problem sovetskogo knizhnogo dela. Vtoraia Vsesoiuznaia nauchnaia konferentsiia po problemam knigovedeniia: Tezisy dokladov. 3 vols.
Moscow: 1974.
[IDC-R-14,799].
A collection of articles originally presented at a second bibliological conference in Moscow in April 1974, with one section devoted to the manuscript book. Other papers from the conference were published in Aktual'nye problemy knigovedeniia: Sbornik nauchnykh trudov, edited by R. G. Abdullin et al. (Moscow: GBL, 1976).

Problemy paleografii i kodikologii v SSSR.
Edited by A. D. Liublinskaia, E. E. Granstrem, L. P. Zhukovskaia, et al.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1974. 443 p. [AN SSSR; II SSSR; In-t vseobshchei istorii; AK AN SSSR]
[IDC-R-14,817]
A collection of important articles on selected problems of paleography and other aspects of analyzing early manuscript books. In addition to Slavonic/Russian texts, articles cover specific aspects of work with Ukrainian, Greek, Latin, Georgian, and Armenian manuscripts.

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Greek and Latin Manuscripts

Greek Manuscripts

Samodurova, Z. G.
"Ob izuchenii grecheskogo rukopisnogo naslediia v SSSR." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1971 god (1972): 50–57; Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1972 god (1973): 71–81.
[IDC-in R-10,754 mf. 121–135]
Includes a detailed survey of Greek manuscript holdings in the USSR with extensive bibliographic references to published descriptions and studies of them.

Fonkich, Boris L'vovich.
"Grecheskie gramoty v sovetskikh khranilishchakh." In Problemy paleografii i kodikologii v SSSR, edited by A. D. Liublinskaia et al., pp. 242–60.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1974. AN SSSR; II SSSR; In-t vseobshchei istorii; AK AN SSSR]
[IDC-in R-14,817]

Granstrem, Evgeniia Eduardovna; Lebedeva, I. N.; and Fonkich, Boris L'vovich.
"Perspektivy opisaniia grecheskikh rukopisei sovetskikh khranilishch." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1972 god (1973): 253–55.
[IDC-R-10,754 mf. 127–135]

Fonkich, Boris L'vovich.
Grechesko-russkie kul'turnye sviazi v XV–XVII vv. (Grecheskie rukopisi v Rossii).
Moscow: "Nauka," 1977. 247 p.
[IDC-R-14,883]

Granstrem, Evgeniia Eduardovna.
"Katalog grecheskikh rukopisei leningradskikh khranilishch." Vizantiiskii vremennik 8 pts. (1959–1971).
Pt. I: "Rukopisi IV–IX vv." ibid. 16 (1959): 216–43.
Pt. II: "Rukopisi X v." ibid. 18 (1961): 254–74.
Pt. III: "Rukopisi XI v." ibid. 19 (1963): 194–239.
Pt. IV: "Rukopisi XII v." ibid. 23 (1963): 166–204.
Pt. V: "Rukopisi XIII v." ibid. 24 (1964): 166–97, and ibid. 25 (1964): 184–211.
Pt. VI: "Rukopisi XIV v." ibid. 27 (1967): 273–94.
Pt. VII: "Rukopisi XV v." ibid. 28 (1968): 238–55.
Pt. VIII: ibid. 31 (1971): 132–44.
[IDC-R-10,782]
A comprehensive catalogue of Greek manuscripts in St. Petersburg repositories. Part I (1959) covers manuscripts from the fourth through the ninth centuries; parts II–VII cover a single century from the tenth through the fifteenth. Part VIII includes supplements, corrections, and indexes.

Granstrem, Evgeniia Eduardovna; and Medvedev, Igor' Pavlovich.
"Rukopisnye materialy po agrarnoi istorii Vizantii v sobraniiakh Leningrada." Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1968 god (1969): 337–48.
[IDC-in R-10,754 mf. 98-106]

Granstrem, Evgeniia Eduardovna.
"Grecheskie srednevekovye rukopisi v Leningrade." Vizantiiskii vremennik 8 (1956): 192–207.
[IDC-R-10,782]

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Latin Manuscripts

Kiseleva, Liudmila Il'inichna.
"O svodnom kataloge rukopisei latinskogo alfavita, khraniashchikhsia v SSSR." In Problemy paleografii i kodikologii v SSSR, edited by A. D. Liublinskaia et al., pp. 282–90.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1974. AN SSSR; II SSSR; In-t vseobshchei istorii; AK AN SSSR]
[IDC-in R-14,817]
Discusses the projected union catalogue of Latin and other Western manuscripts.

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Oriental Manuscripts

General Bibliographies and Surveys
Vostokovednye fondy krupneishikh bibliotek Sovetskogo Soiuza: Stat'i i soobshcheniia.
Compiled by A. S. Tveritinova.
Edited by A. S. Tveritinova, A. I. Bendik, and N. P. Shastina.
Moscow: Izd-vo vostochnoi literatury, 1963. 238 p. [AN SSSR; INA]
[IDC-R-10,664]
Sections of this volume prepared by many different specialists describe the principal Oriental manuscript and book collections in the former Soviet Union.

Selections from the Holdings in Oriental Studies in the Great Libraries of the Soviet Union: Articles and Notes.
Compiled by A. S. Tveritinova.
Translated by Ruth N. Denney.
Honolulu: East-West Center, 1967. 155 p. "Occasional Papers of Research Translations, East-West Center," vol. 19.
[IDC-R-11,166]
A partial translation of <Vostokovednye fondy krupneishikh bibliotek Sovetskogo Soiuza... (1963),> including only those sections covering holdings relating to East and Southest Asia, but omitting all the extensive Middle East coverage. Bibliographic entries are in the original language in transliteration with English translations added.

Pearson, James D.
Oriental Manuscripts in Europe and North America: A Survey.
Zug, Switzerland: IDC AG, 1971. lxxx, 515 p. "Bibliotheca Asiatica," vol. 7.
[IDC-CH-1009]
Although selective in its coverage of the USSR, provides a starting point for holdings and bibliography of catalogues and other published descriptions.

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Specialized Language Groups (Alphabetic by Language)

Arabic Manuscripts

Mikhailova, Irina Borisovna; and Khalidov, Anas Bakievich.
Bibliografiia arabskikh rukopisei.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1982. 392 p.
[IDC-R-14,763]
A comprehensive directory and bibliography of Arabic manuscripts throughout the world, particularly strong in Soviet coverage.

Rozenfel'd, Boris Abramovich.
"Arabskie i persidskie fiziko-matematicheskie rukopisi v bibliotekakh Sovetskogo Soiuza." In Fiziko-matematicheskie nauki v stranakh Vostoka: Sbornik statei i publikatsii. Vol. 1, pp. 256–89.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1966.
[IDC-R-10,665]

Ethiopic Manuscripts

Zanutto, Silvio.
Manoscritti Etiopici.
Rome: Sindicato italiano arti grafiche, 1929.
168 p. "Bibliografia Etiopica," vol. 2.
[IDC-R-10,666]
Includes coverage of Soviet holdings (pp. 121–36).

Turaev, Boris Aleksandrovich.
Efiopskie rukopisi v S.-Peterburge.
St. Petersburg: Tip. AN, 1906.
136 p. "Pamiatniki efiopskoi pis'mennosti," vol. 3.
[IDC-R-10,778]

Hebrew Manuscripts

Katsh, Abraham Isaac.
"Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic MSS in the Collections of the USSR." In Trudy dvadtsat' piatogo Mezhdunarodnogo kongressa vostokovedov, Moskva 9–16 avgusta 1960, vol. 1, pp. 421–29.
Moscow: Izd-vo vostochnoi literatury, 1962.
[IDC-R-10,667]
REPRINT ED.: In A. I. Katsh, Ginze Mishna (Jerusalem: Mossad Harav Kook, 1970), "Introduction," pp. 1–15.
Briefly surveys major Hebraic holdings in the former USSR in RNB (G–15), SPbF IV RAN (E–23), and RGB (G–1).

Mongolian, Buriat, Kalmyk, and Tatar Documentation

Iorish, Il'ia Iosifovich.
Materialy o mongolakh, kalmykakh i buriatakh v arkhivakh Leningrada: Istoriia, pravo, ekonomika.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1966. 206 p.
[IDC-R-10,668]
Inventories Mongol, Kalmyk, and Buriat manuscripts and related documentation in nine St. Petersburg repositories.

Gosmanov, Mirkasym Abdulakhovich (Usmanov, M. A.).
Zhalovannye akty Dzhuchieva ulusa XIV–XVI vv.
Kazan: Izd-vo Kazanskogo un-ta, 1979. 318 p. Added Tatar title page: XIV–XVI gasyr Juchi ulusynyng iarlykash aktlary.
[IDC-R-14,749]
A detailed study of Tatar charters (iarlyk or yarlyk) from the ulus of Juchi (Rus. Dzhuchiev ulus), one of the four regions into which the empire of Genghis Khan (Chingis-khan) was divided—known in the West as the Golden Horde. Separate sections analyze the charters in terms of archeography, paleography, sphragistics, and diplomatics. The archeographic section provides an inventory of 61 extant charters (pp. 28–58) with current locations and surveys major collections of related documents.

Persian Manuscripts

Storey, Charles Ambrose.
Persidskaia literatura: Bibliograficheskii obzor.
Edited by Iu. E. Borshchevskii.
Translated by Iu. E. Bretel'.
3 vols.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1972. 1884 p. (pagination continuous).
Vol. 1: Koranicheskaia literatura: Vseobshchaia istoriia, istoriia prorokov i rannii Islam.
Vol. 2: Istoriia Irana, Kurdistana, Srednei Azii, Afganistana, Turtsii, Kavkaza, Arabskikh stran, Evropy i Ameriki, Kitaia i Iaponii.
Vol. 3: Ukazateli. Addenda.
[IDC-R-11,174]
PERSIAN-LANGUAGE ED.: Teheran, 1982–1983.
The Russian translation provides bibliographic updating of Storey’s Persian Literature with more extensive coverage of manuscripts in the USSR, which were poorly covered in the original.

Akimushkin, Oleg Fedorovich; and Borshchevskii, Iurii Efimovich.
"Materialy dlia bibliografii rabot o persidskikh rukopisiakh." Narody Azii i Afriki, 1963, no. 3, pp. 165–74;
no. 6, pp. 228–41.
[IDC-R-10,699]
Gives a comprehensive list of catalogues and descriptions of Persian manuscripts. The first part emphasizes manuscripts in SPbF IV RAN, and the second part covers holdings in other Soviet cities and abroad.

D'iakonov, Mikhail Mikhailovich; and Giuzal'ian, Leon Tigranovich.
Rukopisi Shakh-name v leningradskikh sobraniiakh.
Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1934. 124 p.
[IDC-R-10,779]
Covers manuscripts in RNB, SPbGU, and SPbF IV RAN, along with several from private holdings now in PFA RAN.

Syriac Manuscripts

Pigulevskaia, Nina Viktorovna.
Katalog siriiskikh rukopisei Leningrada.
Moscow/Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1960.
230 p. Issued as Palestinskii sbornik 6(69).
[IDC-R-10,670]
Lists manuscripts in RNB and SPbF IV RAN.

Turkic Manuscripts

Dmitrieva, Liudmila Vasil'evna; and Muratov, Saifi Nizamovich.
"Katalogi, spiski i obzory tiurkskikh rukopisei XVIII–XX vv." Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka, 1969. pp. 145–77.
[IDC-R-11,058 mf. 7-14]
An annotated alphabetical list of catalogues, lists, and other descriptions and analyses of Turkic manuscripts published since the eighteenth century in the USSR (49 entries), and those published abroad about foreign collections as well as those in the USSR (148 entries). Many of the items listed also cover Arabic and Persian manuscripts.

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Serial Publications


Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka: Istoriko-filologicheskie issledovaniia: Ezhegodnik.
Edited by A. S. Tveritinova et al.
10 vols.
Moscow: "Nauka," 1970–1987. AN SSSR; IV]
Annual; last issued volume: 1978–1979 (1987).
[IDC-R-11,058]
Includes many bibliographies, surveys, and descriptions of Oriental manuscripts in major collections of the former USSR.

Bibliografiia Vostoka.
Moscow/Leningrad, 1932–1936. Irregular.
10 numbers published (in 6 issues).
[IDC-R-1677]
Include bibliographic articles and descriptions of surveys of Oriental manuscript holdings in SPbF IV RAN and elsewhere in the former USSR.

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