The Bells of Russia: History and Technology

Contents

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Illustrations, pg. xi*Tables, pg. xiii*Preface, pg. xv*Acknowledgments, pg. xvii*Author's Explanatory Notes, pg. xix*
• 1. Voices of Ancient Trumpets, pg. 3*
• 2. Holy Wood and Holy Iron, pg. 10*
• 3. Bells in the Medieval World, pg. 20*
• 4. The Rise of Bells in Russia, pg. 31*
• 5. Bells in Muscovite Russia, pg. 44*
• 6. Bells in Imperial Russia, pg. 57*
• 7. Tower Clocks, pg. 69*
• 8. Tuned Bells in Imperial Russia, pg. 81*
• 9. The Russian Bell: Between Europe and Asia, pg. 97*
• 10. The Russian Bell: From The Foundry to the Bell Tower, pg. 114*
• 11. The Muscovite Crescendo in Bell Founding, pg. 135*
• 12. The Tale of Tsar-Kolokol, pg. 148*
• 13. The Last of Russia's Great Bells, pg. 166*
• 14. Bronze Avatars of a Religio-Political Ideology, pg. 173*Appendices, pg. 177*Notes, pg. 187*Glossary, pg. 243*Bibliography, pg. 247*Index, pg. 259