CONTENTS
Mazhuga, V. I., Prokopiev, A. Yu. Introduction
MEMORIA
Vostrikov, A. V. O. A. Dobiash-Rozhdestvenskaya at the Bestuzhev courses
ARTICLES
Renaissance culture in Italy
Kosourova, T. N. Italian renaissance embroidery. Techniques and sources of inspiration
Kokareva, S. V. Palladium theft. An iconic subject in the glyptics of the Italian Renaissance and its reminiscence in engraved gems of the Neoclassical era
History of Bysantium
Mitrofanov, A. Yu. Avars of Theophylact Simocatta in the light of modern Byz antine studies
SOURCES AND HISTORIOGRAHY
Vostrikov, A. V. Historian P. B. Shaskolsky on scientific trips abroad: 1907–1912. (Letters to P. I. Lyublinsky)
Mazhuga, V. I. M. A. Gukovsky — Professor and Head of the Department of the Middle Ages (based on personal memories)
CHRONICA
Dmitrieva, M. I. Overview of the All-Russian Interuniversity Scientific Conference of Students, Postgraduates and Young Scientists «Kurbatov Readings-XLII»