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    Preparation of Kniaz Vladimir I for Burial (1015)

    Radziwill Chronicle, fol. 74r
    Slavonic manuscript (Belorus or Russia), 15th century Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, no. 34. 5. 30
    After Radzivilovskaia ili Kenigsbergskaia letopis’, fol. 74r

    This miniature shows one of the steps during the preparation of the deceased for burial. Here, two women wrap the body of Kniaz Vladimir with swaddling cloth. According to Byzantine custom, washing and preparation of the body for funerals were done by women over 60 years old. As seen in this miniature, the ritual was performed by women in Rus’ as well.
FUNERAL AND BURIAL RITUALS

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