The scribe Diomid Serkov and the reproduction of the Simeon Polotsky's works
The article is devoted to the origin, sources, and specifics of the miscellany “Tsvetnik, ili Veka sego vremennik,” based on “Vertograd mnogotsvetny” by Simeon Polotsky. The material had four copies of the miscellany, two of which are being introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. One of these copies was made by a famous scribe from the last quarter of the 17th - first quarter of the 18th century Diomid Iakov's son Serkov. The author presented a paleographic description of the manuscripts and a comparative description of their composition. She establish that the manuscript of the «Vertograd mnogotsvetny» State Historical Museum, Synodal Collection, No. 288 (a scribal copy made from the author's original on the instructions of Simeon Polotsky himself) was the “Tsvetnik” source. The author considers that the miscellany «Tsvetnik, ili Veka sego vremennik» was created by someone from a group of scribes worked under the leadership of Sylvester Medvedev. She dated the miscellany to the time after the death of Simeon Polotsky (1680) and Tsar Feodor Alekseevich (1682) and before the arrest of Sylvester Medvedev (1689) and the confiscation of the source manuscript. Particular attention was paid to the variant created by Diomid Serkov. The author believes that Diomid Serkov composed the poetic texts that mark the sections of the miscellany in his manuscript. According to the author, “Tsvetnik” is a light version of the “Vertograd mnogotsvetny,” devoid of anything outlandish and beyond the usual picture of the world and the usual religious and moral ideas.