E-Book, Englisch, 298 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Williams The Bells of Russia
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5463-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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History and Technology
E-Book, Englisch, 298 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5463-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This generously illustrated book records the story of Russia's bells--the thousands of awe inspiring instruments that gave voice to the visual splendors of Russian Orthodoxy and to the political aspirations of the tsars.
Originally published in 1986.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Illustrations, pg. xi
Tables, pg. xiii
Preface, pg. xv
Acknowledgments, pg. xvii
Author's Explanatory Notes, pg. xix
1. Voices of Ancient Trumpets, pg. 3
2. Holy Wood and Holy Iron, pg. 10
3. Bells in the Medieval World, pg. 20
4. The Rise of Bells in Russia, pg. 31
5. Bells in Muscovite Russia, pg. 44
6. Bells in Imperial Russia, pg. 57
7. Tower Clocks, pg. 69
8. Tuned Bells in Imperial Russia, pg. 81
9. The Russian Bell: Between Europe and Asia, pg. 97
10. The Russian Bell: From The Foundry to the Bell Tower, pg. 114
11. The Muscovite Crescendo in Bell Founding, pg. 135
12. The Tale of Tsar-Kolokol, pg. 148
13. The Last of Russia's Great Bells, pg. 166
14. Bronze Avatars of a Religio-Political Ideology, pg. 173
Appendices, pg. 177
Notes, pg. 187
Glossary, pg. 243
Bibliography, pg. 247
Index, pg. 259
