Album with Eight Original Albumen Photos Documenting the Svyatohirsk Lavra a Few Years before its Closure by the Soviet Authorities; with Rare Photos of the Now-Destroyed Arsenius Skete and the Holy Gate.; titled: Vidy Uspenskoy Svyatogorskoy Pustyni [Views of the Holy Mountains Pustyn of the Holy Dormition. Ca. early-1900s.
Publication date: 1900
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Seller: Globus Rare Books & Archives, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Globus Rare Books & Archives
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Oblong large Octavo album (ca. 16,4x24 cm). 8 card stock leaves. With 8 mounted original albumen photographs ca. 10,6x16 cm (4 ¼ x 6 ¼ in). All photos with period captions on the mounts (in Russian). Period brown velvet album with gilt-lettered title "Vidy Uspenskoy Svyatogorskoy Pustyni" (in Russian) on the front board; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Binding age-toned, crack on the spine, light soiling, but overall a very good album with strong interesting photos. Historically important collection of albumen photographs taken by a professional photographer in the early 1900s, capturing the main Orthodox shrine of Donbass in its early, pre-damaged state. The album is dated based on the Svyatohirsk Lavra archive, which contains at least two identical photographs (both dated the early 1900s) from our collection. Another identical album with the same binding is preserved in the photo archive of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. The Svyatohirsk Lavra was founded on the right bank of the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine in the early 16th century. By the 1890s, it had become an important religious center with numerous workshops, mills, stores, and other premises. In 1922, the Bolsheviks abolished the monastery, converting it into a hospital and executing hundreds of local monks. The monastery was restored in 1992 but was significantly damaged during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The collection features eight albumen photos of the monastery, with five well-executed early general views showing the recently damaged Cathedral of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, the Church of the Intercession, St. Nicholas Church, entrances to the cave churches of John the Baptist and Alexius of Rome, the brethren's building, a hotel, and a horse tram. Especially interesting is an excellent photo of the now-demolished Arsenius Skete, documenting its internal view and the church of the Venerable Arsenius the Great. Another vibrant scene shows two monks solemnly guarding the ornate entrance of the Skete, with clearly visible angel statues, religious paintings, and Church Slavonic inscriptions. The album closes with an interesting photo of a tomb and monuments of benefactors at the Church of St. Anthony and Theodosius of Pechersk. Overall, historically important collection of albumen photographs documenting Svyatohirsk Lavra in its early, pre-damaged state.…
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- Title
- Album with Eight Original Albumen Photos Documenting the Svyatohirsk Lavra a Few Years before its Closure by the Soviet Authorities; with Rare Photos of the Now-Destroyed Arsenius Skete and the Holy Gate.; titled: Vidy Uspenskoy Svyatogorskoy Pustyni [Views of the Holy Mountains Pustyn of the Holy Dormition. Ca. early-1900s.
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- UKRAINE
- Publication year
- 1900
- Condition
- None
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- None
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Globus Books is an independent San Francisco-based bookshop and a member of the American Booksellers’ Association and the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America and has been in business since 1971. It was opened originally by Vladimir Azar as a shop for the Russian emigre public of the Bay Area. A small press operated there in the 1970s under the same name in the same building. Now, 50+ years in business, the shop still occupies the same premises with continued success. Globus Rare Books and Archives is the department within Globus Books that specializes in rare travel and exploration related items from around the world with an emphasis on the Americas, the Pacific and Russian explorers and travellers. Our goal is to seek out and offer rare and unique antiquarian items, including rare books, photographs, photo-albums, watercolors, drawings, manuscripts, archives, maps and prints. Our team has many decades of experience helping to build many institutional and private collections across the USA and the world and we have seen and handled many important antiquarian items and collections. We issue monthly catalogues with the newest acquisitions available for our subscribers. We participate in many US and International antiquarian book fairs. Follow us on social media to receive the latest news and offers. You can browse our collections in person during the shop’s opening hours by appointment : Tuesday to Sunday, 11 to 5.…
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