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The saccos and the crozier of Metropolitan Plato (Levshin). Museum artifact as a reflection of cultural-historical events

https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-7-153-168

Abstract

   Bishop’s items from the vestry of Nikolaevsky Perervinsky monastery are considered as markers of artistic and social monastic milieu and as things reflecting the social-historical context of Russia in the second half of the 18 th century. As a result of a complex attribution research of the saccos and the crozier, of studying unpublished monastic inventory and account books of the 18 th – 19 th centuries, it became possible to correlate the artifacts with the person of Metropolitan Plato (Levshin) of Moscow, with whom “the Golden age” of Perervinsky monastery is associated. Special attention is paid to the textiles of the saccos: a brocade damask with the pattern of “big hand” and cut velvet cross patterned. In Russian brocade weaving to the third quarter of the 18 th century a special direction was formed – church weaving. Metropolitan Platon was the first to begin serving again in polystauri vestments, bringing ancient Byzantine traditions back to life. The production of cross textiles was resumed under Emperor Paul I, whose personality was greatly influenced by Metropolitan Plato.

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N. A. Astafyeva
Moscow United National-park Museum
Russian Federation

Nadezda A. Astafyeva

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Moscow



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Astafyeva N.A. The saccos and the crozier of Metropolitan Plato (Levshin). Museum artifact as a reflection of cultural-historical events. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2022;(7 (2)):153-168. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-7-153-168

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