Theatrum libri: Book Printing, Reading and Dissemination in Early Modern Europe, Vilnius: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, 2022

New publication on book printing, reading and dissemination in Early modern Europe

The Laboratory of Francysk Skaryna Studies is pleased to present a new publication “Theatrum libri: Book Printing, Reading and Dissemination

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The Library of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (Academy of Sciences of the BSSR) in 1929-1941. New stage of growth and first losses

The Belarusian Academy of Sciences building which housed the Library in the 1930s-1940s. Source: Central Scientific Library of Yakub Kolas

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Exhibition “Francisk Skorina. Renaissance intellectual between Prague and Vilnius (1470-1552)”. UNESCO World Heritage project in the Czech Republic dedicated to Belarus

UNESCO World Heritage Mission is dedicating its project in the Czech Republic to Belarus. As part of this project, eighteen

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A remarkable event in Francysk Skaryna Studies: Ilya Lemeshkin’s monograph on the portrait of Francysk Skaryna

We are pleased to announce the publication of Ilya Lemeshkin’s book: Илья Лемешкин – Ilja Lemeškinas – Il’ja Lemeškin. Портрет

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National Library of Belarus, October 2020. Photo: O. Shutova

About intellectual landscape of Francysk Skaryna’s «Bible Rus’»: Belarus, the history of ideas and the Round Table «Francysk Skaryna’s studies in France

The National Library of Belarus has become, despite all the skeptics, one of the main tourist attractions of Minsk. The

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Sergey Temchin. Calvary cross over the Old Testament tabernacle in the engraving portrait of Francysk Skaryna

Published: Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės kalbos, kultūros ir raštijos tradicijos. Temčinas S. et al. (red.). Vilnius, 2009 (Bibliotheca Archivi Lithuanici, vol.

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The Golgotha Cross, 16th c.

Olga Shutova. «… So that my brothers Rus’ while reading, may understand better»: «in-deapth reading» and Francysk Skaryna’s symbolism

Published: Францыск Скарына: новыя даследаванні / Цэнтр. навук. б-ка імя Якуба Коласа Нац. акад. навук Беларусі; уклад. Аляксандр Груша; рэдкал.:

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Pinsk view from the south. Widok na Pińska ze strony południowéj // Tygodnik Ilustrowany, 1863. № 197. С. 260

The 5th International Scientific Conference “Berkov’s Readings: Book Culture in the Context of International Contacts”

29-30 May 2019 in Pinsk (Belarus), took place the 5th International Scientific Conference “Berkov’s Readings: book culture in the context

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Францыск Скарына: новыя даследаванні. Уклад., рэд. Аляксандр Груша. Мінск: Беларуская навука, 2019. 215 с. [Francysk Skaryna: New Studies. Edited by Alexander Grusha. Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, 2019. 215 pp.] ISBN 978-985-08-2415-8

Book «Francysk Skaryna: New Studies»

The second volume of the collection of articles on Francysk Skaryna has just been published by the publisher “Belaruskaia navuka”

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Padua. Frontispiece inside the front cover. Bernardini Scardeoni, canonici Patavini, De antiquitate vrbis Patavii, & claris ciuibus Patauinis, libri tres, in quindecim classes distincti. Eivsdem appendix De sepvlchris insignibvs exterorvm Patavii iacentivm. Basileae: Nicolaum Episcopium Iuniorem, 1560. Libri III.

Olga Shutova. Again about Skaryna in Padua: New possibilities of reading the old documents. Time, context, circumstances and attendees

Published in English and Belarusian in Belarusian Review – Winter 2014, vol. 26, No. 4. P. 17-23; Spring 2015, vol.

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New book “Francysk Skaryna’s Ruthenian Bible turns 500. Pranciškaus Skorinos Rusėniškajai Biblijai – 500”

New book “Francysk Skaryna’s Ruthenian Bible turns 500. Pranciškaus Skorinos Rusėniškajai Biblijai – 500”

Published in Lithuanian, in the jubilee year 2017, this collective monography is a result of the cooperation between the leading

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The International Scientific Conference “Francysk Skaryna and His Prague Bible. Multilingual Cultural Heritage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Modernity”

8-9 November 2017 in Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic), took place the International Scientific Conference “Francysk Skaryna and his

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