Zakharova, A. M. PUBLISHING SIMEON POLOTSKY’S COLLECTION OF SERMONS SPIRITUAL DINNER (1681) IN THE UPPER PRINT YARD. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(4):44–51. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1316


Historiography, source studies, methods of historical research

PUBLISHING SIMEON POLOTSKY’S COLLECTION OF SERMONS SPIRITUAL DINNER (1681) IN THE UPPER PRINT YARD

Zakharova
A. M. 		Russian State Library, Russian State University for theHumanities
Keywords:
Simeon Polotsky
Simeon of Polotsk
Upper Print Yard
Spiritual Dinner
sermons
history of the book		 Summary: The research aims to uncover, through source and book analysis, information sources reflecting the publication process of Simeon Polotsky’s collection of sermons, Spiritual Dinner (Moscow, 1681). The study examines drafts, proof copies, clerical documents from the Moscow Print Yard archive, and copies published by the Upper Print Yard. Studying the operations and organizational structure of the Upper Print Yard is becoming particularly relevant, as it represents a unique phenomenon in Russian culture during this transitional period. The scientific novelty of the research lies in a detailed reconstruction of the publishing process for Spiritual Dinner. Specifically, it addresses questions regarding the printing staff, the print yard’s production capacity, and the organizational principles and working methods involved in preparing publications. The findings indicate that the sermon collection was printed using two presses operated by two printing brigades comprising 22 workers. The findings indicate that the sermon collection was printed using two presses operated by two printing brigades totaling 22 workers. The craftsmen were organized into teams, with a clear division of responsibility for specific sections (notebooks) of the publication assigned to each team. Additionally, the receipts of Upper Print Yard craftsmen preserved in surviving copies of Spiritual Dinner have been identified and introduced into scholarly discourse, thanks to which we can identify such a practice not only as characteristic of the Moscow Print Yard. This practice, previously associated only with the Moscow Print Yard, may now inform attribution methodologies for Moscow publications of the XVII century.



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