THE BOOK OF SOCHNY WRITING AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE

THE BOOK OF SOCHNY WRITING AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE

Authors

  • А.Г. Гуменюк

Keywords:

The book of the soshny writing, dessiatina, the Moscow trade quarter, ancient Russian metrology, XVII century

Abstract

The book of soshny writing is an important source in the study of scribal clerical work. The surviving versions of the text have not been become the object of systematic research yet.During the preparation of this work 22 copies of the book of soshny writing were examined. The studied manuscripts are allowed to distinguish two complete versions of the written artifact. The first edition of the book of the soshny writing is revealed in 4 copies belonging to the middle of the XVII century. The second edition of the book of soshny writing is preserved in 6 copies of the first half of the XVIII century. 12 copies are shorten versions of the document. The analysis of copies of the book of soshny writing shows that the first version of the text contains elements of the protograph compiled in 1588-1610. To the reign of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, it is necessary to include additions in the text concerning assessment of the living quarter. The text was revised after the tax reform of 1679. The second edition of the book of soshny writing was the official guide for land surveying until the middle of the XVIII century

Published

2023-05-16
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