Russian interpreter Dmitry Gerasimov

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Dmitry Gerasimov is a Russian writer and a scolar, scientist and theologian, who lived at the turn of the second half XV and first half XVI centuries (around 1465 - 1535).. According to European Chronicles and Russian Chronicles it is known as Dmitry Interpreter, Ambassador Dmitry Mitya Small, Demetrius of Erasmi, Dmitry Scholastic. There are suggestions that Gerasimov is a family nickname or a middle name. Gerasimov Dmitry Dmitrievich (although it is his middle name unknown) might have got this nickname after the name of his brother scribe-monk who was older, and his name was Gerasim Popovka. But it's all speculation. Talented Dmitry very soon became famous, he became a mediator between the culture of Europe in the Renaissance, and Muscovite Russia.

Dmitry Gerasimov

Russian Ambassador Dmitry Gerasimov

The Place of his birth is not exactly known, but most likely he was a native of Novgorod, since he had close ties with the Department, and the beginning of the career of his brother Gerasim Popovka is also associated with this place.

One time Dmitry Gerasimov lived in Livonia and therefore knew very well the Latin and German language. He was one of the first Russian he studied in Western schools.

Dmitry was part of the closest circle, and even lived in the house of the Lord of Novgorod Gennady Honzawa, in which the deacon was serving his brother. They were all gathered in the house of the Archbishop with the purpose of creating and distributing in Russia and polemical Church literature. Gerasimov took an active part in the fight against the Lord with heretics.

In 1489 for Kirillo-Belozersky monastery, he begins to rewrite the works of Saint Athanasius the Great. Approximately 1499 Gerasimov was accompanied by SVT. Gennady trip to Pskov, where there was a tough discussion about the icons, which depicted the image of Christ king David with the crucified Seraphim.

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tales of Dmitry Gerasimov

White hood

Some curious readers may be interested in the tales of Dmitry Gerasimov, but he never wrote them, but great religious with mystical overtones essay “the Tale of the white cowl” (1490 or 95 years) was. There was a speech about the miraculous emergence of the Byzantine "white hood” - the symbol of the highest authority of the Church that have fallen from the ruined Byzantine city in the true faith - Novgorod. This work has become truly another medieval masterpiece. Novgorod Church thus voiced their claim to the main place among all the Orthodox dioceses. However, the Gerasimov's authorship can be challenged by historians.

In 1499 Gerasimov participated in the landmark event-the creation of the first Slavonic Bible, the name Gennadievsky.

Two decades of the XVI century, Dmitri served as an interpreter (in the modern - interpreter) in Moscow at the Ambassadorial yard and together with Vasily III was involved in embassies to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire. In between missions, Dmitry Gerasimov engaged in translation and book activities.

Gerasimov Dmitry Dmitriyevich

At the beginning of April 1525 the Tsar Vasily III sent a messenger and Gerasimov with a letter to Pope Clement VII, the document was a response to the Embassy of the Pope and the desire to participate Muscovy in the League against the Muslims. Dmitry honorably received in the papal court, he had been in the Roman Senate and saw the sights of the city. Around the same time in Europe, became popular portrait of Basil III, most likely, he was presented to the Pope Gerasimov. Then Dmitry Gerasimov returned to Moscow on 20 July 1526, together with the European Ambassador. After visiting Rome, Gerasimov was already 60 years old, and he completely immersed himself in the book proceedings.

Translations

The Repression that touched in 1525, Maxim the Greek, which is very close cooperated scientist, he himself is not affected.

Originally developed their collaboration, the Greek, who came from mount Athos, did not know the Russian language, and the text of the Greek, so they are a common language of understanding was Latin. Maxim translated Greek texts into Latin, and Dmitry from Latin into Church Slavonic.

Date of death unknown Gerasimov, the last of the testimony made by Dmitry in 1535 or 1536, the translation of arch Bruno of würzburg.

Actually, the translation activities of the scientist began around the year 1500. Then Dmitri, along with a Russian diplomat Vlas Ignatov, with whom for many years he worked at Embassy court, translated the Psalms from German to Archbishop Gennady. Other historians suggest that Gerasimov and Ignatov studied Latin interpretation of Jerome Gennadievsky the Bible in 1499.

Dmitry Gerasimov writer

Map

Dmitry Gerasimov also translated from Latin directed against Judaism treatise of Nicholas de Lyra (1501). There was another similar treatise written by Samuel Evreyam (1504), translated either Gerasimov or Nikolai Boolean.

The Study of geography, too, has always been in the interests of Dmitry. It was even called “Russian Columbus”. He was brought to Rome that he produced his own in the polls and descriptions of the map of Russia. For the Italian cartographer Battista Agnese it has become a source for creating the first maps of the Russian state or of the card of Muscovy, which he published in 1525.

The Name of Dmitry Gerasimov today should be known to every cultural and educated person. He talked on equal terms with the most prominent people of the era of the European Renaissance and offer them their wildest ideas.

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