The Bells of Russia : : History and Technology / / Edward V. Williams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Williams, Edward V.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 58
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400854639; 9783110413441; 9783110413502; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400854639
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Edward V. Williams.

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.