Чудесная свеча

'Chudesnai͡a svecha' - srednevekovai͡a florentiĭskai͡a legenda, pereskazannai͡a shvedskoĭ pisatelʹnit͡seĭ Selʹmoĭ Lagerlëf, voshla v eë sbornik 'Legendy o Khriste', vypushchennyĭ v 1904 godu. Po legende bezzhalostnyĭ, zhestokiĭ voin iz Florent͡sii doshël so svoim otri͡adom do Ierusalima i zakhvatil gorod. No so vremenem bogatstvo, priznanie, voinskie pochesti poteri͡ali dli͡a nego smysl, a stalo vazhno lishʹ plami͡a svechi iz Khrama Groba Gospodni͡a, kotoroe on vëz iz Ierusalima k sebe vo Florent͡sii͡u… Chto zhe zastavilo ego otrechʹsi͡a ot druzeĭ i pirov i otpravitʹsi͡a v ėtot dolgiĭ i trudnyĭ putʹ? Selʹma Lagerlëf - znamenitai͡a shvedskai͡a pisatelʹnit͡sa, pervai͡a zhenshchina, poluchivshai͡a Nobelevskui͡u premii͡u po literature v 1909 godu. Velikolepnye risunki I͡Urii͡a Pronina perenesut chitateleĭ v mir srednevekovʹi͡a, krestovykh pokhodov i chudes.

"The Wonderful Candle" is a medieval Florentine legend retold by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlof, included in her collection "Legends of Christ", released in 1904. According to legend, a ruthless, brutal warrior from Florence reached Jerusalem with his squad and captured the city. But over time, wealth, recognition, and military honors lost their meaning for him, and only the candle flame from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which he was carrying from Jerusalem to Florence, became important.… What made him renounce friends and feasts and embark on this long and difficult journey? Selma Lagerlof is a famous Swedish writer, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1909. Yuri Pronin's magnificent drawings will take readers into the world of the Middle Ages, crusades and miracles.