Nikolai Petrovich Likhachev, His Collection And Its Formation

24 Pages Posted: 26 Dec 2019 Last revised: 15 Jan 2020

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Evgeny Khvalkov

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Aleksandra Shisterova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Alena Kuznetsova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

Date Written: December 23, 2019

Abstract

This study presents survey on the forming collection of N.P. Likhachev (1862-1936), a great collector and Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, throughout his life and research interests. In some ways this collection was unique for Russia of that time. As a researcher and a collector, Likhachev laid foundations of professional studying of watermarks and paper studies, medieval diplomatics and sigillography, scholarly art history (in the sphere of icons studying) in Russia. The Museum of Paleography created by Likhachev included the richest material on the history of writing in Europe, Asia, North America and the European colonies of the New World, encompassing a huge chronological period - from the turn of the 4-3 millennia BC to the beginning of the 20th century. Based on his collection, the schools of the Russian and Soviet Egyptology, Assyriology, Hellenic and Medieval studies, Arabic studies, Byzantine studies, and Slavic studies were shaped. The present paper is a modest contribution in the field of studies of both his activity as a scholar and an antiquarian and the shaping of his collection.

Keywords: N.P. Likhachev, collection, antiquarian, institutions, Latin palaeography, Italy, medieval, diplomatic, coins, deeds, documents, seals

JEL Classification: Z

Suggested Citation

Khvalkov, Evgeny and Shisterova, Aleksandra and Kuznetsova, Alena, Nikolai Petrovich Likhachev, His Collection And Its Formation (December 23, 2019). Higher School of Economics Research Paper No. WP BRP 183/HUM/2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3508738 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3508738

Evgeny Khvalkov (Contact Author)

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

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Moscow, Moscow 119017
Russia

Aleksandra Shisterova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

Myasnitskaya street, 20
Moscow, Moscow 119017
Russia

Alena Kuznetsova

National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ( email )

Myasnitskaya street, 20
Moscow, Moscow 119017
Russia

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