Dating and Decoration Program of the So-Called “Sakkos of the Patriarch Pitirim” of the 17th Century from the Collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums

The article analyzes the graphic decor of the sakkos, known as the “sakkos of the Patriarch Pitirim”. The stylistic and technical features of his sewing are compared with the works of the Tsaritsa’s Workshop in the middle of the 17th century. The first mention of the sakkos in question was identified in the “Book of notebook vestments and the act of the great sovereign His Holiness Nikon the Archbishop of the reigning city of Moscow and All Great and Malyi and Belyi Rosii Patriarch” and in the inventory of 1658. This information made it possible to clarify the attribution of the monument. The double naming of the vestments “Evdokeinsky” and “Pitirimovsky”, obviously, is associated with two different events. Probably, the sakkos was granted to Patriarch Nikon by the royal family, during the consecration of the church of the Martyr Evdokia in 1653, and in 1672–1673 he was renewed for the Patriarch Pitirim. The esti- mated date of creation of the sakkos is also confirmed by its comparison with the works of the Tsaritsa’s Workshop, allowing to date the sewn details of the vestments in the early 1650s. This hypothesis is required by the sakkos decoration program, which points to trends that were specifically characteristic of the church reforms of Patriarch Nikon.