Art and diplomacy : seventeenth-century English decorated royal letters to Russia and the Far East
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Art and diplomacy : seventeenth-century English decorated royal letters to Russia and the Far East
（Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 244 . Brill's studies on art,
Brill, c2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-290) and indexes
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Description
In this study of Art and Diplomacy we see the relationship between renaissance design in decorated borders and the messages conveyed in the texts of royal letters from the English kings to Russia and rulers in the Far East. These are cases of art serving the Crown, with much of the early limning done by Edward Norgate, the English miniaturist. Printed here for the first time from Russian archives, this collection provides a continuum for the study of the limning of royal letters throughout the 17th century. The letters that the decoration enhances reveal the details of privileges and commercial advantages sought by the English, and the cultural interests of the Russians in their requests for English doctors, apothecaries, jewellers, and mineralogists.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Documents and Design
Chapter 1. Instruments of Policy
Chapter 2. Complexities of Royal Letters
Chapter 3. Decoration, Format, Art and Text
Chapter 4. Limners, Printers and Embellishers
Early Stuarts
Chapter 5. James I
Letters
Chapter 6. Charles I
Letters
Commonwealth and Protectorate
Chapter 7, Note on The Interregnum
Later Stuarts
Chapter 8. Charles II
Letters
Chapter 9. James II
Letters
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Notes on the letters printed below from RGADA (transcribed and translated
by Paul Bushkovitch)
Appendix 2. Brief bibliography of Russian sources (compiled by Paul Bushkovitch)
Bibliography
Index
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