Nikolai Petrovich Likhachev, His Collection, and Its Formation

2019. No. No. WP BRP 183/HUM/2019.

Khvalkov E., Шистерова А. Д., Кузнецова А. Д.

This study presents a surveyofthe formation of thecollection of Nikolai PetrovichLikhachev (1862-1936), a great collectorand Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, through his life and research interests. This collection was unique for Russia at that time. As a researcher and a collector, Likhachev laid the foundations for the professional study of watermarks and paper studies, medieval diplomatics and sigillography, scholarly art history (in the sphere of icons) in Russia. The Museum of Palaeographycreated by Likhachev included rich material on the history of writing in Europe, Asia, North America and the European colonies of the New World, encompassing a wide chronological period -from the turn of the 4-3 millennia BC to the beginning of the 20th century. His collectionshapedthe schools of the Russian and Soviet Egyptology, Assyriology, Hellenic and Medieval studies, Arabic studies, Byzantine studies, and Slavic studies. The present paper is a contribution to the studies of both his activity as a scholar and an antiquarian,and the shaping of his collection.

Keywords: Лихачев, academic institutions, notarial deeds, collection, coins, documents, medieval, Латинская палеография, History of Italy, diplomatic, N.P. Likhachev, antiquarian, seals

Publication based on the results of: Епископы, дожи и купцы: тексты средневековых городов Италии XIII-XV вв. (2018)