Biblioteka Akademii nauk Rossii (BAN)

[Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences]

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Istoricheskii ocherk i obzor fondov Rukopisnogo otdela Biblioteki Akademii nauk.
3 vols. Edited by V. P. Adrianova-Peretts.
Moscow/Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1956–1961.
Pt. 1: XVIII vek. 1956. 483 p.
Pt. 2: XIX–XX veka. 1958. 398 p.
[Pt. 3]: Karty, plany, chertezhi, risunki, graviury sobraniia Petra I. 1961. 289 p.
[IDC-R-3535]
The first volume surveys the history of the formation of the manuscript holdings in BAN through the eighteenth century, including the library and manuscript collection of Peter I and Tsarevich Aleksei Petrovich, with appended inventories of those libraries, as well as the collection of V. N. Tatishchev. Separate articles describe the foreign manuscript books in those collections and later eighteenth-century acquisitions. The second volume continues the history of the manuscript holdings in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with separate surveys of 47 major institutional collections (pp. 77–204), foreign manuscripts (pp. 205–71), and Greek manuscripts (pp. 272–84). A final section surveys the A. P. Kartavov collection of watermarks. A supplemental volume provides a detailed description and inventory of maps and other graphic manuscripts in the collection of Peter I, with indexes.

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Manuscript Catalogues

Opisanie Rukopisnogo otdeleniia Biblioteki Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk.
Edited by V. I. Sreznevskii and F. I. Pokrovskii.
2 vols.
St. Petersburg/Petrograd: Tip. Imp. AN, 1910–1915.
Vol. 1: Rukopisi. I. Knigi Sviashchennogo pisaniia; II. Knigi bogosluzhebnye. 525 p.
Vol. 2: III. Tvoreniia ottsov i uchitelei tserkvi; IV. Bogoslovie dogmaticheskoe i polemicheskoe; V. Bogoslovie uchitel'noe. 629 p.
[IDC-R-10,953]

Opisanie Rukopisnogo otdela Biblioteki Akademii nauk SSSR.
8 vols.
Moscow/Leningrad, 1959–1989.
[IDC-R-10,954 (vols. 3–5)]
Vol. 3, pt. 1: Khronografy, letopisi, stepennye, rodoslovnye, razriadnye knigi.
Compiled by V. F. Pokrovskaia, A. I. Kopanev, M. V. Kukushkina, et al.
Edited by A. I. Andreev.
2d ed. Moscow/Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1959. 708 p.
1st ED.: Leningrad, 1930.
[IDC-R-10,955]
Vol. 3, pt. 2: Istoricheskie sborniki XV–XVII vv.
Compiled by A. I. Kopanev, M. V. Kukushkina, and V. F. Pokrovskaia.
Edited by V. A. Petrov.
Moscow/Leningrad: "Nauka," 1965. 362 p.
Vol. 3, pt. 3: Istoricheskie sborniki XVIII–XIX vv.
Compiled by N. Iu. Bubnov, A. I. Kopanev, M. V. Kukushkina, and O. P. Likhacheva.
Edited by A. I. Kopanev.
Leningrad: "Nauka," 1971. 420 p.
Vol. 4, pt. 1: Povesti, romany, skazaniia, skazki, rasskazy.
Edited by A. P. Konusov and V. F. Pokrovskaia.
Moscow/Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1951. 598 p.
Vol. 5: Grecheskie rukopisi.
Compiled by I. N. Lebedeva.
Edited by E. E. Granstrem.
Leningrad: "Nauka," 1973. 242 p.
Vol. 3, pt. 1 describes 253 historical manuscripts, with supplemental descriptions of 100 new acquisitions since the 1930 edition. Vol. 3, pt. 2 describes 146 historical codexes (15th–17th cc.), with various chronicle texts. Vol. 3, pt. 3 describes 166 historical codices from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which include later copies of earlier chronicles, 175 historical-literary codices with descriptions of cities, monasteries, and other historical events, along with 65 codices from the seventeenth century and other earlier documentary materials. Vol. 5 describes 293 Greek manuscripts (5th–20th cc.), 75 of which are on parchment.

Okhrannaia opis' Rukopisnogo otdeleniia Biblioteki Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk. Vol. 1: Knigi sviashchennogo pisaniia.
Compiled by V. I. Sreznevskii.
St. Petersburg: Tip. Imp. AN, 1905. iv, 70 p. + 4 plates.
[IDC-R-7307]
The initial volume of a projected comprehensive catalogue that was subsequently abandoned in this form. Describes 72 early Slavic manuscripts in the basic collection of BAN.

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ORRK Series

Materialy i soobshcheniia po fondam Otdela rukopisnoi i redkoi knigi Biblioteki Akademii nauk SSSR.
3 vols.
Edited by M. V. Kukushkina and A. I. Kopanev.
Leningrad/Moscow: "Nauka," 1966–1987.
[AN SSSR; BAN]
Vol. 1: Leningrad/Moscow, 1966. 207 p.
[IDC-R-10,956 (vol. 1)]
Vol. 2: Leningrad, 1978. 352 p. Vol. 3: 1985. Leningrad, 1987. 286 p.
A series of volumes of collected archives with several of importance for the manuscript holdings. In terms of manuscript holdings, the 1966 volume describes the Petrine collection—"Sobranie Petrovskoi galerei." The 1978 volume surveys Russian and other Slavic parchment manuscripts, Masonic manuscripts, Western European manuscripts, lubok holdings, and new acquisitions between 1955 and 1976. The 1987 volume describes new acquisitions between 1977 and 1985, and a bibliography of surveys and other publications regarding manuscript holdings during the period 1979–1987.

Sbornik statei i materialov Biblioteki AN SSSR po knigovedeniiu.
3 vols.
Leningrad: "Nauka," 1965–1973.
Vol. 1: 1965. 339 p. + plates.; Vol. 2: 1970. 341 p. + plates.
Vol. 3: (added subtitle): K 400–letiiu russkogo knigopechataniia. 1973. 495 p. + plates.
[IDC-R-11,089]
A series of volumes of collected articles covering different aspects of library developments, including descriptions of manuscript collections—such as Greek manuscripts from Mount Athos (vol. 2, pp. 183–92), Italian manuscripts (vol. 3, pp. 423–41), reports on archeographic expeditions (e.g., vol. 2, pp. 307–36, and vol. 3, pp. 443–84), and new acquisitions in BAN.

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BAN History

Luppov, Sergei Pavlovich; Kukushkina, Margarita Vladimirovna; Kopanev, Aleksandr Il'ich, et al.
Istoriia Biblioteki Akademii nauk SSSR: 1714–1964.
Edited by M. S. Filippov.
Moscow/Leningrad: "Nauka," 1964. 599 p.
[AN SSSR; BAN]
[IDC-R-11,306]
An extensive history honoring the 250th anniversary of BAN, with considerable attention to development of the holdings with background information about many of the manuscript collections.

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BAN Bibliography

Biblioteka Akademii nauk SSSR, 1714–1964: Bibliograficheskii ukazatel'.
Compiled by E. P. Faidel' et al.
Edited by M. S. Filippov.
Leningrad: BAN, 1964. 308 p.
[IDC-R-10,951]
SUPPLEMENT:
—Ukazatel' literatury za 1964–1974 gg. Compiled by G. V. Sergienko. Leningrad, 1981. 173 p.
— za 1975–1984 g. Compiled by N. A. Laskeev and O. N. Peskova. Leningrad, 1986. 168 p.
Presents a comprehensive bibliography of books and articles published by and about the library and its various divisions. See the coverage of prerevolutionary publications describing the manuscript holding (pp. 106–40), and those published since, 1917–1963 (pp. 215–36).

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Sreznevskii, Vladimir Izmailovich.
Svedeniia o rukopisiakh, pechatnykh izdaniiakh i drugikh predmetakh, postupivshikh v Rukopisnoe otdelenie Biblioteki Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk v 1900 i 1901 gg.
St. Petersburg: Tip. Imp. AN, 1902. 88 p.
[IDC-R-7335]
EARLIER ED. in Izvestiia Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk, series 5, 16, no. 2 (1902): 1–88.
[in IDC-R-1431 mf. 275-85]
APPENDIX PUBLISHED separately: Prilozhenie I: Rukopisi i knigi, priobretennye v Vologodskoi i Arkhangel'skoi guberniiakh.
St. Petersburg: Tip. Imp. AN, 1903. pp. 89–197.
[IDC-R-7335]
——v 1902 g. 1903. 110, xviii p.
[IDC-R-7335]
EARLIER ED. in Izvestiia Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk, series 5, 19, no. 1 (1903): 1–127.
[in IDC-R-1431 mf. 326-38]
APPENDIX PUBLISHED separately with added title page from the original volume: Svedeniia o rukopisiakh ... v 1902. Prilozhenie. Rukopisi i knigi, priobretennye V. I. Sreznevskim vo vremia poezdki v Vologodskuiu, Olonetskuiu, Permskuiu gubernii.
1905. 275 p.
[IDC-R-7335]
——v 1903 g. 1904. 250 p.
[IDC-R-7335]
EARLIER ED. in Izvestiia Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk, series 5, 20 (1904) no. 1, 1–48; no. 2, pp. 49–96; no. 3, pp. 97–144; no. 4, pp. 145–208; no. 5, pp. 209–50.
——v 1904 g. 1907. iv, 403 p.
[IDC-R-7335 mf. 19-26].

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Slavonic-Rus' Manuscripts

Collection of the Prerevolutionary Archeographical Commission

Barsukov, Nikolai Platonovich.
Rukopisi Arkheograficheskoi komissii.
St. Petersburg: Tip. M. M. Stasiulevicha, 1882. iv, 210 p.
"Izdanie Imperatorskoi Arkheograficheskoi komissii."
[IDC-R-7063]
Rukopisi Imperatorskoi Arkheograficheskoi komissii: Pervoe pribavlenie.
Compiled by N. I. Sidorov.
St. Petersburg: Tip. I. N. Skorokhodova, 1907. 32 p.
[IDC-R-7063]
EARLIER ED. in Letopis' zaniatii Arkheograficheskoi komissii za 1861–[za 1927–1928 gg.] (LZAK) 17 (1907): 1–32.
[IDC-in 1296]
Describes 229 Slavic manuscripts collected by the prerevolutionary Archeographical Commission, 109 of which are now housed in BAN, but others remain in SPbF IRI (former LOII). The supplement covers 32 additional manuscripts now divided between BAN and SPbF IRI.

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Cartographic Materials

Aleksandrov, B. V.
"Opisanie rukopisnykh kart XVIII v., khraniashchikhsia v Otdele rukopisnoi knigi Biblioteki Akademii nauk SSSR."
In Geograficheskii departament Akademii nauk XVIII veka, Sup. 2, edited by V. F. Gnucheva, pp. 267–412.
Moscow/Leningrad: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1946.
"Trudy Arkhiva AN SSSR," vol. 6.
[IDC-in R-10,949]

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Manuscripts from Old Believers’ Colony

Bubnov, Nikolai Iur'evich; and Martynov, I. F.
"K istorii biblioteki Belokrinitskoi staroobriadcheskoi mitropolii (Po itogam arkheograficheskikh ekspeditsii Otdela rukopisnoi i redkoi knigi Biblioteki Akademii nauk SSSR 1971–1972 gg.)."
Arkheograficheskii ezhegodnik za 1972 god (1973): 265–75.
[IDC-in R-10,754 mf. 129-35]
A report on an archeographical expedition to the Old Believers’ colony at Bukovina with a survey of some of the important manuscripts (sixteenth through nineteenth centuries) brought back to St. Petersburg, now forming a special collection in BAN.

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Manuscripts from Vologda, Olonets, and Perm Guberniias

Sreznevskii, Vladimir Izmailovich.
Otchet Otdeleniiu russkogo iazyka i slovesnosti Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk o poezdke v Vologodskuiu guberniiu (mai–iiun' 1901 g.).
St. Petersburg: Tip. Imp. AN, 1903. 158 p.
[IDC-R-11,177]
EARLIER ED. in serial form in Izvestiia Otdeleniia russkogo iazyka i slovesnosti Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk (IORIaS) 7 (1902, no. 2): 232–72; (1902, no. 4): 128–245.
[IDC-in 1107 mf. 168-75, 183-90].
Describes 36 manuscripts and 187 documents from Vologda guberniia.

Sreznevskii, Vladimir Izmailovich.
Otchet Otdeleniiu russkogo iazyka i slovesnosti Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk o poezdke v Olonetskuiu, Vologodskuiu i Permskuiu gubernii (iiun' 1902 g.).
St. Petersburg: Tip. Imp. AN, 1904. iv, 309 p.
[IDC-R-11,178]
EARLIER ED. serially in Izvestiia Otdeleniia russkogo iazyka i slovesnosti Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk (IORIaS) 8 (1903, no. 2): 222–245; (1903, no. 3): 127–89; (1903, no. 4): 99–139; 9 (1904, no. 1): 183–246; (1904, no. 2): 96–161; (1904, no. 3): 51–104.
[IDC-in 1107 mf. 199-244].
Describes 137 maniscripts gathered on an expedition in Vologda, Olonets, and Perm guberniias in 1902; the descriptions (i. e. pp. 81–309) were subsequently incorporated into an appendix of Sreznevskii’s report on new acquisitions for the library in 1902, although the latter publication lacks the introduction and includes an extensive index.

Sreznevskii, Vladimir Izmailovich.
Opisanie rukopisei i knig, sobrannykh dlia Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk v Olonetskom krae.
St. Petersburg: Tip. Imp. AN, 1913. xxviii, 688 p.
[IDC-R-7334]
Describes 369 Slavic manuscripts gathered in the Olonets region in 1903 and 1905, now part of the so-called Northern (Severnaia) collection in BAN.

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Manuscripts from Northern Russia

Viktorov, Aleksei Egorovich.
Opisi rukopisnykh sobranii v knigokhranilishchakh severnoi Rossii.
St. Petersburg: Tip. Imp. AN, 1890. 378 p.
[IDC-R-7040]
Provides a list with index of manuscripts in the collections of nineteen different monasteries and other religious centers in the north of Russia compiled in the 1870s. Approximately 245 of those manuscripts described are now in BAN, specifically large portions of those from the collections of the Arkhangel'sk Seminary, the Antoniev-Siiskii monastery, and the Aleksandro-Svirskii monastery.

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Burtsev Collection

Burtsev, A. E.
Opis' starykh slavianskikh i novykh russkikh rukopisei.
St. Petersburg: Tip. Brokgaus-Efron, 1901. 121 p.
[IDC-R-11,186]
Of the 156 early Slavic manuscripts described, 26 are now held in BAN in the collection of A. E. Burtsev (fond 49). Includes the publication of lengthy excerpts from several manuscripts. The autograph collection also described in this volume has been dispersed; parts are now located in RNB and PD. Although at the conclusion the author indicates that this is "the end of the fourth volume," this is the only volume of the series published.

Burtsev, A. E.
Bibliograficheskoe obozrenie drevneslavianskoi i russkoi pis'mennosti i drugikh literaturno-khudozhestvennykh pamiatnikov ot XIV do nachala XX v.
5 vols.
St. Petersburg: Tip. Brokgaus-Efron, 1904. iv, 158 p.; 157 p.; 203 p.; 255 p.; 147 p.
[IDC-R-4669]
The second volume of this major study of early Slavic manuscripts includes a survey of approximately 300 manuscripts from the Burtsev collection, a part of which are now housed in BAN (fond 49). The fifth volume, Dopolnitel'nyi otdel, surveys an additional 30 manuscripts from this collection, only a part of which remain in BAN.

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Druzhinin Collection

Druzhinin, Vasilii Grigor'evich.
Pisaniia russkikh staroobriadtsev, perechen' spiskov, sostavlennykh po pechatnym opisaniiam rukopisnykh sobranii.
St. Petersburg: Tip. M. A. Aleksandrova, 1912. xiv, 2, 534 p.
"Izdanie Imperatorskoi Arkheograficheskoi komissii."
[IDC-R-5892]
EARLIER ED. in Letopis' zaniatii Arkheograficheskoi komissii za 1861–[za 1927–1928 gg.] (LZAK), vol. 25.
[IDC-in 1296 mf. 257-68].
Describes the Slavic manuscripts in the collection of Vasilii Grigor'evich Druzhinin now in BAN (fond 19).

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Collection of Count Fedor Andreevich Tolstoi

Waugh, Daniel Clarke.
Slavianskie rukopisi sobraniia F. A. Tolstogo: Materialy k istorii sobraniia i ukazateli starykh i novykh shifrov.
Edited by M. V. Kukushkina and D. S. Likhachev.
Leningrad: BAN SSSR, 1980. 135 p. + plates.
EARLIER MICROFICHE ED.: The F. A. Tolstoi collection: The Slavic Manuscripts in the Collection of Count F. A. Tolstoi: Materials on the History of the Collection and Indexes of Former and Current Code Numbers/ Slavianskie rukopisi sobraniia grafa F. A. Tolstogo: Materialy k istorii sobraniia i ukazateli starykh i novykh shifrov.
Zug: Inter Documentation Company AG, 1976. 122 p.
An original IDC "Micro-Book" publication with printed introduction and table of contents.
[IDC-R-9898].
A guide to the formation and present locations of Slavic manuscripts from the collection of Count Fedor Andreevich Tolstoi (1758–1849). Most of the collection is now in BAN, but some manuscripts are in RNB and SPbF IRI.

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Collection of Bishop Porfirii Uspenskii

Syrku, P. A.
Opisanie bumag episkopa Porfiriia Uspenskogo, pozhertvovannykh im v Imperatorskuiu Akademiiu nauk po zaveshchaniiu.
St. Petersburg: Tip. Imp. AN, 1891. xvi, 440 p.
[IDC-R-7339]
EARLIER ED. in Zapiski Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk 64 (1891), appendix 9, pp. i–xvi, 1–440.
[also in IDC-1997 mf. B 450-68].
Describes materials presented by Bishop Porfirii Uspenskii to BAN, including diaries, letters, notes, reports, and manuscripts of writings by him and others.

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