Miscellaneous Period Russian Scroll Texts

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 аще у богобоязнивых родителеи, и у разумных и благоразсудных чада воспитани в страсе Божии и в добре наказании и в благорассудном учении всякому разуму и вештву и промыслу и рукоделию, и те чада с родители своими бывают от Бога помиловании а от освященнаго чину благословены а от добрых людеи хвалими,

-Domostroi, section 15

if for God-fearing parents, and for reasonable and well-judged/considerate children raise in fear of God and in the good punishment/order/instruction and in the considerate study to any reason and to [veshtvu] and to trade and to needlework, and those children with their parents are from God pardoned and from holy officials/ranks blessing and from the good people praise,

-Domostroi, section 15

и ести и пити, з благодарением ино сладко а што впрок зделано ино мило

а къто в естве, и в питии и во всяком рукоделии не чисто стряпает, и во всяком мастерьстве што украдет или прилжет, или божитца на криве не толко зделано или не в толке стало а он лжет и те все дела не угодны Богу беси написуют, и в том во всем человеку истязану быти в день Страшнаго Суда

Domostroi, section 19.

both to eat and to drink, with gratitude is sweet and that stored made nice

and who in food, and in drink and in any needlework does not purely cooks, and who steals in any workshop or embellishes  or swears on crooked not only made or not in the point became and he lies and all those matters are not welcome to God devils record, and in that in everything to man torture will be during in the Day of Judgement

Domostroi, section 19.

Domostroi, section 22

Domostroi, section 22

а коли хлебы пекут ино того же теста велети отняти и пирогов начинити а коли пшеничьное пекут и семъе из межьситки велети пирогов зьделати в скоромне дни скоромною начинкою какая лучится а в посные дни с кашею или з горохом или с соком, или репа или грибы или рыжики, или капуста что Бог лучит ино семъе потешенье,

и всякую бы еству и мясную, и рыбную и всякои приспех скоромнои и поснои жена сама бы знала и умела зделать и слушку научить то государыни домовная, и домоводицы добрые и то бы знала же пивнои медовои и виннои и бражнои кваснои и уксуснои, и кислаштянои и всякои обиход как делают, и повареннои и хлебнои, и в чем что родится, и колко ис чево будет коли все знает, доброго мужа наказанием и грозою, и своим добрым разумом ино все будет споро и всево будет много,

а которая женьщина или девка рукодельна и тои дела указати рубашка делати, или убрус брати, или ткати или золотное или шелковое пяличное дело и которая чему учена того всего досмотрити, и дозрети и всякои мастери самои прядено, а тафта и камка и золото и серебро отвесити и отмерити, и сметити, и указати сколко чего надобно, и сколко чего даст и прикроити и примерити самои все свое рукоделие знати а малых девок учити которая чево пригоже...

а мужним женкам которые черное дело делают избу топят и хлебы пякут и платья моют тем лен дают на собя и на мужа и на дети прясти а одиная жоночка или девка на государя лен прядет, а изгребии и начеси на собя или как пригоже а все бы ведала сама государыня которои дело какое дасть колко чево даст и колко чево возмет и сколко чево зделает кто днем много ли мало и сколко ис чево выидет то бы сама все знала и в счете бы было все, а сама бы государыня отнюд никако же,

Domostroi, section 29

and if breads bake other the same dough to order to take and pirogues to stuff and if wheat bread they bake and for family from sifter remains to order pirogues to make in fast-free days with meat filling whatever happens [to be available] and in fast days with the kasha or with pea or with juice [broth] or turnip either mushroom or saffron milk-cap mushrooms, or cabbage that God provides other for family to profit,

and any food and meat, and fish and any fritters of fast-free and fast wife herself would know and knew how to make and servants to teach [by] mistress of the house, and domovoditsy [house servants?] good and know how beer mead and wine and home-brew kvas and vinegar, and sour [cabbage?] and any daily life how they make, and cooking and breadmaking, and in what which is grown, and how much from that will be if everything knows, of good husband's instruction and dread, and her good reason everything will be profitable and all will be much,

and which women or maidens supervise and that work to order shirt to make, or scarf to take, or weave or gold or silk embroidery work and who is learning that all to supervise, and to ripen and any artisan herself spinning, and taffeta and kamka and gold and silver to weigh out and to measure out, and to gather up, and to instruct as much of it as necessary, and to how much of that to give and to cut and to measure herself entire their needlework to know and small maidens to teach which ofit comely

but men [and] women [servant] which dark deed make cottage heat and breads bake and dresses wash by that flax they give to themselves and to the husband and children to spin and one woman or maiden to the mistress flax it spins, and remove and combings to herself or as comely and all would know herselve mistress of what work what  to give how much of it to give how much of it take and how much of it to make who day muchor little and how much from that goes out that herself everything it knows and in the account would be complete, and mistress herself of everything nikako,

Domostroi, section 29

Domostroi, section 30

Domostroi, section 30

Domostroi, section 31

Domostroi, section 31

ино что себе ни зделал и нихто ничево не слыхал, 

а поваренная порядня и хлебная, а все бы было у собя сполна и медяное и оловяное и железное, и деревяное каково ся лучит,

Domostroi, section 32

But to every workshop both for men and for women, all order and equipment was in the estate and carpenter and tailoring master and iron and shoe, and for women to everyone to her by workshop and to household custom everyone would be in order [in its proper place], and should be kept with great care where suitable

that not to yourself not make and nothing of no one do not hear,  [Pouncy translates this phrase as the admirable "You should not talk to anyone about any subject unless it comes from your own knowledge."]

and cooking its place and bread-making, but everything would be with yourself completely [i.e. self-contained or self-sufficient] and copper and tin and iron, and wood how all shines brightly,

Domostroi, section 32

а хто худо и не по приказу зделает или не слушает или ленитца или испортит што или нечисто стряпает или крадет ино по преже писаному наказанию учити как от государя слугам живет впереди о том наказании писано как кого пожаловати или наказати или научити

а в горнице и в комнате и в сенех и на крыльце и на леснице всегда бы было чисто и рано и позно а стол и суды всякие всегда чисто мыти, и скатерть чиста...

 а постеля и платья по гряткам и в сундукех и в коробьях, и убрусы и рубашки и ширинки все бы было хорошенко и чистенько и беленко уверчено и укладяно и не перемято и не сполщено а саженье и мониста и лучшее платья всегда бы было в сундукех и в коробьях за замком а ключи бы держала в малам ларце а все бы ведала сама

Domostroi, section 33

But on all days mistress for servants dazirayet [oversee?] which they bake and they cook any fritters they make which any needlework they make and which servant girl makes well on the order or food cooks either bread bakes or rolls or pirogues either what ever fritters or what needlework makes well and for the servant girl to note and to reward/pay and food give, and, on before written like yard people from the master manages and for service looking,

but who badly and not on the instruction makes or does not listen or lazy or will spoil something or dirtily cooks or steals other according earlier written punishment to teach as from the master to servants exists before about that punishment written as whom to reward or to punish or to teach

and in the room [горница] and in the room [комната] and into entrance hall [сени] and on the porch [крыльцо] and on stairs [лесница] always would be pure and early and late and table and dishes [суд in text, but should be посуда] everything always purely washed, and tablecloth clean...

 and bedding and dresses on beam and in chests and in boxes, and scarves and shirts and handkerchief all would be whole and clean and bleached repaired/arranged and put away and is not wrinkled and not rolled up and pearled and necklace and better dress always would be into chests and in boxes behind lock and keys would keep in small casket and everything it would know herself.

Domostroi, section 33