Texts relating to the Russian Orthodox Church translated into English by Richard White Blackmore
Translations of Russian texts comprising:
- 1. "The Oustaff (or the Statutes) of the Spiritual Consistories", a translation of Уставъ духовныхъ консисторій, СПб., 1841, (Bodleian copy at shelfmark 14198 e.325). Blackmore's translation is also to be found in Lambeth Palace MS 1550.
- 2. Specimens of entries in registers of births, marriages and deaths and other suchlike certificates, illustrating contemporary Russian practice.
- 3. The 18 articles of the Synod of Bethlehem (1672) "and the Imperial and Patriarchal Letters which were the occasion of that Russian version" (Everitt 1977: 101). This refers to the Russian translation of the proceedings of the Synod made in 1723 in connexion with the approaches made to the Russian Church by English Non-Jurors; the material was published in St Petersburg in 1838, and the translation presumably made from this edition.
- 4. The Orthodox Confession (Православное Исповѣданіе), the standard expression of Orthodox doctrine originating with Peter Mohyla in the seventeenth century. It went through many editions, and the translation indicates that it was made from that published in Moscow, 1839. Mainly in a different hand from the rest of the MS, possibly that of William Palmer.
With bookplate inside front cover of St Basil's House, 52 Ladbroke Grove, London, and bookplate 'Ex Libris N. Zernov' on folio ii.
Dates
- Creation: c.1840-1848
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 24183].
Shelfmark:
MS. 24183
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 24183
Abstract
Texts relating to the Russian Orthodox Church translated into English by Richard White Blackmore, c.1840-1848.
Biographical / Historical
Richard White Blackmore (1791-1882) was Anglican chaplain at Kronstadt from 1819 to 1847. He subsequently succeeded his father as Rector of Donhead St Mary in the Diocese of Salisbury.
For further information see 'R.W. Blackmore (1791-1882), an English Chaplain in Cronstadt' by Mark Everitt, Oxford Slavonic Papers n.s. 10 (1977), pp. 98-106.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed by Nina Markovna Golomštok to the Taylorian Library in 2019 and transferred to Special Collections in 2025.
- Title
- Catalogue of Texts Relating to the Russian Orthodox Church Translated into English by Richard White Blackmore
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Professor Ralph Cleminson and Lucy McCann
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First edition.
Repository Details
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