Moscow (Russia) -- Description and travel; Moscow (Russia) -- History
_Room 4: Regalia._--The twelfth century crown of Vladimir
Monomachus; the sixteenth century crown of the Tsars of Kazan; that
of Ivan Alexievich (1680) and of Mikhail Theodorovich, the Imperial
crown, that of Georgia, globes, sceptres--note particularly the
beautiful workmanship from the conquered kingdom of Georgia--and
the orb reputed to have been presented by Basil and Constantine in
988, together with the golden chain collar and piece of the "true
cross." Among these insignia, most curious are the Barmi, metal
collars worn at the coronation, of which one of the earliest has
the eagle, lion, griffin, and unicorn--Byzantine symbols--and
excellent coloured enamel, but said to have been remade by a Moscow
goldsmith in the sixteenth century. The thrones include that of
ivory brought to Russia in 1472 by Sophia Paleologus; Persian
throne sent to Boris Godunov, in 1605, it is studded with more than
2000 gems; the double throne of the Tsars Ivan and Peter was made
at Hamburg and is so constructed that the curtain at the back might
screen the Tsarevna Sophia who used to station herself there either
to watch or prompt her young brothers. In a casket is the code of
the Tsar Alexis on sheets of parchment.
_Room 5: Plate._--To the left on entering are the enamel ware,
metal, wood, ivory, and glass, household plate of Russian
manufacture in the seventeenth century of which the best are those
of coloured enamel and niello. The loving cup presented by the
patriarch Nikon to the Tsar Alexis; a ring of the unfortunate
Eudoxia (wife of Peter I.) and a number of more or less
uninteresting objects of that monarch's period; and a fine
numismatic collection that will attract the enthusiast.
_Ground Floor: Carriages and Harness._--The state chariot sent to
Boris Godunov by Queen Elizabeth, carriages with mica windows,
closed carriages of the Tsaritsas, the miniature conveyance of the
young prince Peter, some relics of Napoleon; portraits of the
sovereigns of Russia, and the model of the palace with which
Catherine II. intended to cover the Kremlin; of the old palace at
Kolomenskoe. There also is the only portrait of Maria Mniszek,
and a picture representing her marriage with the false Dmitri.
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