Gramota with grant of arms to Dmitrii Klementevich Tarasov

"[Wikipedia] Tsarskoye Selo (Russian: Ца́рское Село́, IPA: [ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo] , ""Tsar's Village"") was the town containing a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) south from the center of Saint Petersburg."nn"illuminated manuscript on vellum, 4 leaves, first page written in gold and surrounded by imperial armorials, other pages with the crowned monogram of Nicholas I and vignettes in margins, third leaf with armorial of Tarasov, signed by Nicholas I at end, original green velvet binding with embossed floral border, watered silk guards between each page, sewn with a single thick gilt thread, thread fraying, spine frayed at ends, without sealnnA large and impressive gramota, providing a grant of arms to Dmitrii Tarasov (1792-1866), who was physician to Alexander I and Nicholas I. He wrote a memoir which included the last days of Alexander I who died in mysterious circumstances in 1825. The text of the document provides details of Tarasov's career."nnMeasurements: 47.25 cm x 33.5 cmnnFull pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A448604/datastream/PDF/view