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Digital Archive of Cultural-Historic Heritage of Belarus: Certification of Bells Cast During 16th-19th Centuries
Digital Archive of Cultural-Historic Heritage of Belarus: Certification of Bells Cast During 16th-19th Centuries

Author(s): Elena G. Shatko, Galina Todorova Bogdanova, Todor Yordanov Todorov
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Library and Information Science, Archiving, Cataloguing, Classification, Preservation, Electronic information storage and retrieval
Published by: Институт по математика и информатика - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: bell; campan; certification; complex research; digital archive; digitalization

Summary/Abstract: The article is a summary of a multi-year research into certification of bells of 16th - early 20th centuries collected as a result of liturgical instruments study of 287 bell towers, churches and museums. Analysis of archives from Belarus contributed to the research resurrecting knowledge about lost bell heritage. This is also the first attempt to discuss the establishment of digital Belarusian Historic Bells Archive and introduction of campan handling basic trainings into educational programs of religious educational establishments.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: VI
  • Page Range: 213-218
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English