Petersburg, historian Patricia Kennedy Grimsted wrote in her book ' Archives in Russia: A Directory and Bibliographic Guide to Holdings in Moscow and St. Regardless of whether or not this hidden library existed, a number of ancient texts written in Greek and other languages are located in archives in Moscow and St. There have been many attempts over the centuries to find this 'hidden library,' but so far the searchers have come up empty-handed. There are claims that Ivan IV, better known as Ivan the Terrible, who lived from 1530 to 1584, somehow hid the library's texts. The rulers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow supposedly built the library by 1518, and in the 16th century prince Andrey Kurbsky wrote of a meeting between the philosopher Maximus (1475–1556) and the grand prince of Moscow Vasili III (1479-1533) in which the grand prince showed Maximus a massive number of Greek books wrote, David Arans, a scholar, in an article published in 1983 in the Journal of Library History (opens in new tab). The Library of the Moscow Tsars supposedly contained a vast collection of ancient Greek texts, as well as texts written in a variety of other languages. soldiers destroyed the sword, along with other captured Japanese weapons or they may have brought the sword to America, meaning it could be recovered. The sword passed down through the Tokugawa family until the end of World War II, when the sword was turned over to American authorities during the American occupation of Japan, as they were concerned that the sword, and others like it, could be used against the Americans. The sword later came into the possession of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who became the first shogun of Japan after winning a series of wars in the 16th century. The sword is named after one of its owners, Honjo Shigenaga, who took it as a prize after a 16th-century battle. The Honjo Masamune is a sword that was supposedly created by Gorō Nyūdō Masamune, who lived from 1264 to 1343 and is considered by many to be the greatest sword maker in Japanese history. (Image credit: The Picture Art Collection / Alamy) (opens in new tab) This old portrait depicts the swordsmith Masamune.

Undiscovered Country by Jennifer Gold