The sovereign's staff and bone chopper this staff is of constantinople workmanship, identical to the diadem and orb brought to tsar alexei mikhailovich by the greek from tsargorod ivan yuryev in 1662. In the alphabetical list of the time of receipt of various royal utensils in the chamber from 1614 to 1704, under the letter "ж" it is indicated: "in the year 7166 (1658), on the 11th day of june, the greek from tsargorod ivan anastakov was at the court of the great sovereign tsar and grand duke alexei mikhailovich in gold upon his arrival, he bowed down. - the staff is set in gold with stones with diamonds, emeralds and chert-shaped sapphires. Price 919 rubles. " according to the inventory of the treasury of 1696 it is written: “a gold staff with various enamels, greek, with diamonds and emeralds, and with worm-shaped yahont sparks. At the top is a gold cross with diamonds. It has three gurmitsky grains, and three emeralds, on the backs; one emerald is missing. Below the cross are two emeralds on the backs. It is missing five stones. ” the same staff in the inventory of 17023 is listed with the valuation of that time: “a gold staff with stones of yahont and emeralds, on it is a gold cross, on both sides of it are twenty diamonds, including two large ones worth five rubles each. Eighteen smaller ones worth two rubles each, a total of forty-six rubles. Two emeralds on the backs are two rubles. On the ends are three persian grains of six altyns, four denga each. Under the cross is the top of the staff, on it are one hundred and fifty-six diamonds, the price is two rubles per stone, a total of three hundred and twelve rubles. Eighty-six sparks of jacinth at sixteen altyns, four dengi a spark, a total of forty-three rubles. At the ends are two large emeralds on gold backs, fifteen rubles. Four emeralds at the top on the sides, five rubles each emerald, a total of twenty rubles. Below those emeralds are four smaller emeralds, two rubles each emerald, a total of eight rubles. On the staff and on the apples are four hundred and ninety-five sparks of jacinth and emerald, the price is six altyns, four dengi a spark, a total of ninety-nine rubles. The total price of that staff is five hundred and thirty-nine rubles, twenty altyns. " in the inventory of the things of the moscow armoury chamber, compiled in 1835, this staff is entered under the name of a crozier: "a golden staff with multi-colored enamel, richly decorated with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and pearl grains, with a gold cross on top. On it are stones: in the cross there are twenty diamonds, attached to the ends; three pearl grains, and on the backs three emeralds, one empty place. In the lily under the cross, there are one hundred and fifty-eight diamonds on both sides, eight emeralds, eighty-six red sapphires, and at the top two emeralds on the backs. In the two apples located under the lily and separating the cane from the hexagonal handle - in the upper one: of these thirty-three sapphires, twelve emeralds, three empty places; in the lower part: twenty-seven sapphires, sixteen emeralds, two empty places. In the cane, consisting of five screwed links, there are two hundred and eighteen emeralds, two hundred and twenty-three sapphires, three empty places. The tip is carved, silver, gilded. " antiquities of the russian state (antiquities of the russian country), 1846-1853. V. 2. Illustrator: solntsev, fyodor grigorievich. Date: 1846—1853.
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