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Freemasonry in RussiaPhysical description 158 microfiche Guide Printed guide includes item level title list. Content note Organized into the following series: I. Rosicrucian manuscripts from the F.F. Mazurin and I.P. Elagin collections; II. Government attitudes towards masons in Russia; III. Basic masonic regulations and constitutions; IV. Masonic books of rites; V. Masonic certificates; VI. Illustrations. Language note Texts in Russian, English, German and French; Bibliographical note Portions published in: 500 years of gnosis in Europe, exhibition of printed books and manuscripts from the gnostic tradition, Moscow & St. Petersburg = 500 let gnozisa v Evrope, gnosticheskaia traditsiia v pechatnyk I rukopisnykh knigakh, Moskva- Sankt-Peterburg. Amsterdam, In de Pelikaan, 1993 Provenance The collection is based on the collection of Fedor Fedorovich Mazurin (1845-1898) and Ivan Perfilevich Elagin (1728-1794). The latter served as a secretary in Catherine II's Cabinet and received from the Grand Lodge in England the diploma of Grand Provincial Master. Mazurin was a hereditary honorable citizen of Moscow and a well-know collector of books and manuscripts. Originals in: Rossiskii gosudarstvennyi arkhiv drevnikh aktov (RGADA) [Russian State Archives of Early Acts], Moscow Russia |
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