{"product_id":"ossetian-nart-legends-iron-adaemy-narty-kaddzhytae-osetinskiye-nartskiye-skazaniya-translated-from-ossetian-by-yuri-libedinsky-illustrated-by-m-tuganov-binding-and-decorations-by-n-mukhin-1948-in-russian","title":"Ossetian Nart Legends (Iron adæmy narty kaddzhytæ \/ Osetinskiye nartskiye skazaniya) \/ translated from Ossetian by Yuri Libedinsky; illustrated by M. Tuganov; binding and decorations by N. Mukhin, 1948. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eОсетинские нартские сказания = Ирон адæмы нарты кадджытæ \/ перевод с осетинского языка Ю. Либединского ; отв. ред. К. Д. Кулов ; вступ. ст. К. Д. Кулова ; редакционная комиссия Нартского комитета: Х. Ардасенов, С. Бритаев, проф. Л. П. Семенов ; лит. ред. П. Скосырев.\u003cbr\u003eДзауджикау : Государственное издательство Северо-Осетинской АССР, 1948. XXXI, 504 с., 12 л. ил. ; 26 × 19,3 см.\u003cbr\u003eИллюстрации народного художника Северо-Осетинской АССР М. Туганова ; орнаментальные заставки и концовки, переплёт, титульный лист, форзац худ. Н. Мухина. Твёрдый переплёт (чёрная ткань с тиснёным орнаментом: сцены нартского эпоса, кавказский орнамент). \u003cbr\u003eСуперобложка отсутствует.\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее: незначительный износ углов ; все 12 иллюстрационных листов на месте, полные ; утрата защитных калек перед иллюстрациями 2 и 11.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eOssetian Nart Legends [= Iron adæmy narty kaddzhytæ] \/ translated from Ossetian by Yuri Libedinsky ; responsible editor and author of introductory article K. D. Kulov ; editorial committee of the Nart Committee: Kh. Ardasenov, S. Britaev, Prof. L. P. Semenov ; literary editor Petr Skosyrev.\u003cbr\u003eDzhaudzhi kau [Vladikavkaz] : State Publishing House of the North Ossetian ASSR, 1948. XXXI, 504 pp., 12 color plates ; 26 × 19.3 cm.\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations by M. Tuganov, People's Artist of the North Ossetian ASSR; ornamental headpieces and tailpieces, binding, title page, and endpapers by N. Mukhin. Hardcover in publisher's black embossed cloth binding with elaborate Nart mythology battle scenes and Caucasian ornamental borders.\u003cbr\u003eDust jacket absent.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: slight corner wear; all 12 color illustration plates by Tuganov present and complete; tissue overlays (kaltki) missing before plates 2 and 11.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the first comprehensive Russian-language translation of the Ossetian Nart sagas, the central monument of Ossetian oral literature and one of the great bodies of heroic epic in the Caucasian tradition. The Nart cycle - a complex of interconnected tales featuring the warrior clan of the Narts and their mythological cosmos - traces its origins to the Scythian, Sarmatian, and Alan heritage of the ancient North Caucasus and has been shaped over many centuries of oral transmission. The 1947 Ossetian-language collection (compiled by V. Abaev, N. Bagaev, I. Dzhanayev, and others) was followed immediately by this 1948 Russian translation by Yuri Nikolaevich Libedinsky (1898-1959), Soviet writer and veteran literary figure associated with the Russian proletarian literature movement, whose extensive work in the Caucasus prepared him for this landmark undertaking.\u003cbr\u003eThe volume's outstanding distinction is its cycle of twelve full-color illustration plates by Maharbeg Sapharbegovich Tuganov (1881-1952), People's Artist of the North Ossetian ASSR and the most significant Ossetian painter of his generation. Tuganov devoted much of his career to documenting and visualizing Ossetian culture, mythology, and daily life; his illustrations of the Nart heroes - among them the warrior Soslan, the trickster Syrdon, and the goddess Shatan - are recognized as the canonical visual interpretation of the Ossetian epic. The introductory article \"Heroic Epic of the Ossetian People\" is by K. D. Kulov; the editorial committee included Prof. Leonid Petrovich Semenov (1886-1959), the leading academic authority on Ossetian cultural history, whose scholarly participation gives the edition lasting scholarly authority. The elaborate embossed black cloth binding, the decorative title pages, and the patterned endpapers were all designed by N. Mukhin in a style closely integrating traditional Ossetian ornament. The edition was later reprinted in Moscow (2001), but the 1948 Dzhaudzhi kau first edition, distinguished by its original Mukhin binding and Tuganov plates on heavy coated paper, remains the edition of reference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44367772057642,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_3204.jpg?v=1778793775","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/ossetian-nart-legends-iron-adaemy-narty-kaddzhytae-osetinskiye-nartskiye-skazaniya-translated-from-ossetian-by-yuri-libedinsky-illustrated-by-m-tuganov-binding-and-decorations-by-n-mukhin-1948-in-russian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}