Radziwiłł Chronicle

Saint Petersburg, Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 34.5.30, fol. 68[1]

The Radziwiłł Chronicle, also known as the Königsberg Chronicle,[1] is a 15th-century collection of illuminated manuscripts, believed to be a copy of a 13th-century original.[2] Its name derives from the Radziwiłł family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), who kept the manuscript in their Nesvizh Castle during the 17th and 18th centuries.[3] The Radziwiłł manuscript was removed from Königsberg in 1761 and acquired by the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, where it is currently preserved under the registration number 34.5.30.[1][4] The chronicle recounts the history of Kievan Rus' and its neighbours from the 5th century to the early 13th century in pictorial form, illustrating the narrative with more than 600 colour miniatures.[5] Among East Slavic chronicles, the Radziwiłł Chronicle is distinguished by the richness and quantity of its illustrations, which may ultimately derive from the 13th-century prototype.[6]

Contents

The Radziwiłł Chronicle (Rad.) has the following textual structure:

Academic ChronicleSofia First ChronicleRadziwiłł Chronicle

Primary ChronicleAcademic ChronicleAcademic ChronicleRadziwiłł ChronicleRadziwiłł Chronicle Primary ChronicleRadziwiłł ChronicleRadziwiłł ChronicleChronicler of Pereyaslavl-SuzdalChronicler of Pereyaslavl-SuzdalChronicler of Pereyaslavl-Suzdal Primary ChroniclePrimary ChroniclePrimary ChroniclePrimary ChronicleChronicler of Pereyaslavl-SuzdalLaurentian Codex

Primary ChroniclePrimary ChronicleLaurentian CodexLaurentian CodexGreat TroublesGolden HordeKievan Rus'


See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Tolochko 2016.
  2. ^ "Radzivill Chronicle". UNESCO. UNESCO Memory of the World. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Radzivill Chronicle". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  4. ^ Maiorov 2018, p. 325.
  5. ^ "Radzivill Chronicle". UNESCO. UNESCO Memory of the World. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Radzivill Chronicle". UNESCO. UNESCO Memory of the World. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  7. ^ Gippius 2014, pp. 342–343.
  8. ^ Thuis 2015, p. 249.
  9. ^ Butler 2012, p. 335.
  10. ^ a b Timberlake 2000, p. 239.
  11. ^ Thuis 2015, p. 287.

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