The State Coat of Arms: the Double-Headed Eagle and the State Seal in the Manuscript "Titulyarnik" or "The Great Sovereign's Book" of 1672

The State Coat of Arms: the Double-Headed Eagle and the State Seal in the manuscript book "Titulyarnik" or "The Great Sovereign's Book" of 1672. Pen, watercolours, shell gold. Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts.

In this historical and diplomatic reference work, presented to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich by the boyar Artamon Matveyev, it is the eagle, and not the older emblem of the Muscovite grand-ducal house, Saint George slaying the serpent, otherwise known as the "Horseman", that is called the "Muscovite" coat of arms, as a symbol of the opening part of the tsar's title.

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The State Coat of Arms: the Double-Headed Eagle and the State Seal in the Manuscript "Titulyarnik" or "The Great Sovereign's Book" of 1672

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