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Nikolai Petrovich Likhachev, His Collection, And Its Formation

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  • Evgeny A. Khvalkov

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

  • Aleksandra D. Shisterova

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

  • Alena D. Kuznetsova

    (National Research University Higher School of Economics)

Abstract

This study presents a survey of the formation of the collection of Nikolai Petrovich Likhachev (1862-1936), a great collector and Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, through his life and research interests. This collection was unique for Russia at that time. As a researcher and a collector, Likhachev laid the foundations for the professional study of watermarks and paper studies, medieval diplomatics and sigillography, scholarly art history (in the sphere of icons) in Russia. The Museum of Palaeography created by Likhachev included rich material on the history of writing in Europe, Asia, North America and the European colonies of the New World, encompassing a wide chronological period - from the turn of the 4-3 millennia BC to the beginning of the 20th century. His collection shaped the schools of the Russian and Soviet Egyptology, Assyriology, Hellenic and Medieval studies, Arabic studies, Byzantine studies, and Slavic studies. The present paper is a contribution to the studies of both his activity as a scholar and an antiquarian, and the shaping of his collection.

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  • Evgeny A. Khvalkov & Aleksandra D. Shisterova & Alena D. Kuznetsova, 2019. "Nikolai Petrovich Likhachev, His Collection, And Its Formation," HSE Working papers WP BRP 183/HUM/2019, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hig:wpaper:183/hum/2019
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    Keywords

    N.P. Likhachev; collection; antiquarian; institutions; Latin palaeography; Italy; medieval; diplomatic; coins; deeds; documents; seals.;
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