The latest documentary uncovering from the Saint Petersburg archives. The second testament (1757) and the letter of Maria Cantemir
Journal Title: Codrul Cosminului - Year 2016, Vol 22, Issue 1
Abstract
This article aims to present some documents that have been until recently considered undeniably lost; it is about Maria Cantemir’s second testament and her letter addressed to her brothers – Sergey and Matthew – and her nephews Cantacuzino. These documents were discovered by the author in March 2016 in the archive of L.N. Maikov, in the Department of Manuscripts of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskii Dom) of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg. Images with text of the testament, attached to the end of the article represent a copy/ transcript from the nineteenth century to the original document, dated by specialists to middle of the eighteenth century. The importance of the recently identified documents is invaluable, and the publication of texts allows the elucidation of arbitrary interpretations regarding the personal life and social activity of Maria Cantemir. Another important facet of this disclosure consists in the dismissal of several myths concerning the Cantemir family heritage and their inner relationships. According to the author, whose opinion is corroborated by the content of the documents, Maria Cantemir wrote her second testament in the contingency of a severe disease and not as a result of a tragic and random event.
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