Ivan Blinov
Ivan Gavrilovich Blinov (; November 5 (Old Style, O.S.)/18 (New Style, N.S.), 1872 in Kudashikha, Bolshepesoshninskaya Volost, Balakhninsky Uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire – June 8, 1944, ibidem, Gorodetsky District, Gorky Oblast, USSR) was a calligrapher and miniaturist, bookmaking master, who worked in the traditional manner. Blinov was born to Beglopopovtsy parents and began to copy Old Believers manuscripts as a teenager. In 1905-1906 he was commissioned by the Nizhny Novgorod city council to study manuscript writing at the Solovetsky Monastery. In addition to this he also studied manuscript writing and calligraphy in various Russian museums and libraries. In 1909-1906 he worked at the Old Believers book publishers that belonged to L.A. Malekhonov, where Blinov oversaw publication of several important books and reprints. He also worked on private commissions, and among his clients were the House of Romanov, State Historical Museum, Russian Historical Mu ...
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