Twice ToldPekarsky, Nauka i literatura v Rossii pri Petre Velikom, vol. 1 (1862), pp. 304 to 305: the imprint of sheet 1 of the engraved calendar, 2 May 1709
- Language
- Russian
- Reading
- transcribed from the page image
- Translation
- ours
- Retrieved
- 15 October 2026
Spelling as printed. Pekarsky transcribes the lettering of the engraved sheet; this is his transcription, not the sheet. The abbreviations “библіотек. Васи. Кипріа:” are his, shown with a colon as in the print. The page break is marked [305].
Разсматриваемый календарь гравированъ на мѣди на шести отдѣльныхъ листахъ.
На первомъ листѣ, вверху и внизу гравюры, заглавіе и выходъ: «Ново сія таблица издана, въ ней же предложено вступленіе солнца въ 12 зодій приближно, такожде восхожденія и захожденія солнца, яко на оризонтѣ сей, тако и со оризонта; еще же величество дней и нощей въ царствующемъ великомъ градѣ Москвѣ, яже имѣть широту 55 градусовъ 45 минутъ; вычтена и тисненію предана обще, яко на едино лѣто, тако и на прочіе годы непремѣнно, повелѣніемъ его царскаго величества, во гражданской типографіи, подъ надзрѣніемъ его превосходительства, господина генерала лейтенанта Якова Вилимовича Брюса, тщаніемъ библіотек. Васи. Кипріа: мая 2, 1709.»
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[305] Внизу гравюры: Tibi, o Domine Jesu, gloria. «Тебѣ, о Господи Іисусе, слава… Зане улучися чрезъ тебя омега. Грыдоваль Василій Кипріановъ со ученикомъ своимъ Алексѣемъ Ростовцовымъ».
Translation
Ours.
The calendar under study is engraved on copper on six separate sheets.
On the first sheet, above and below the engraving, there are a title and an imprint: “This new table has been published. It sets out the sun’s entry into the twelve signs of the zodiac approximately, likewise the rising and setting of the sun, both on this horizon and off it, and also the length of days and nights in the great capital city of Moscow, which lies at latitude 55 degrees 45 minutes. It has been computed and put to the press in common, for one year as well as for the other years without change, by command of His Tsarist Majesty, in the civil printing house, under the supervision of His Excellency Lieutenant General Jacob Vilimovich Bruce, through the diligence of the librarian Vasily Kipria[nov]: 2 May 1709.”
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At the foot of the engraving: Tibi, o Domine Jesu, gloria. “To you, O Lord Jesus, glory… Since through you the omega was reached. Engraved by Vasily Kiprianov with his pupil Aleksei Rostovtsov.”
Notes
What it is. Pekarsky’s description of the first sheet of the six-sheet engraved calendar. The imprint says who commanded it (Peter), where it was made (the civil printing house), who supervised (Bruce, styled lieutenant general) and who did the work (“тщаніемъ”, through the diligence of, the librarian Kipriyanov). It names no author or compiler in our sense. The sheet is dated 2 May 1709.
How to read the date. The Presidential Library gives 28 December 1708 (8 January 1709) as the printing date of the first edition. Pekarsky separates a quarto calendar of 28 December 1708 from the engraved calendar and reads this sheet’s imprint as 2 May 1709; he reads other sheets as 1 November 1709 and 1710. We have not seen a sheet.
Our reading. “Кипріа:” is Pekarsky’s abbreviation of the surname; the translation completes it in square brackets. “Тисненію предана” means given to printing (impression). “Зане улучися чрезъ тебя омега” follows the print; the Church Slavonic clause is translated closely and we are unsure of its sense. “Грыдоваль” is a form of “engraved” (from “гридоровать”, to engrave).