The bells of Russia : history and technology / Edward V. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Edward V., 1935- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bells--Soviet Union--History.

Bells.

Bell founding--Soviet Union--History.

Bell founding.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1985]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Author's Explanatory Notes

Part I. Early Instruments of Convocation

1. Voices of Ancient Trumpets

2. Holy Wood and Holy Iron

3. Bells in the Medieval World

Part II. Bells in Russian History

4. The Rise of Bells in Russia

5. Bells in Muscovite Russia

6. Bells in Imperial Russia

Part III. Russian Encounters with the West

7. Tower Clocks

8. Tuned Bells in Imperial Russia

Part IV. The Russian Bell and Bell Founding in Russia

9. The Russian Bell: Between Europe and Asia

10. The Russian Bell: From The Foundry to the Bell Tower

Part V. The Great Bells of Moscow

11. The Muscovite Crescendo in Bell Founding

12. The Tale of Tsar-Kolokol

13. The Last of Russia's Great Bells

14. Bronze Avatars of a Religio-Political Ideology

Appendices

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400854639

1400854636

OCLC:

922704667