Francis Skorina. Engraving of the Book of Genesis, fragment. Prague in 1519 wikipedia.org photo
May 7 it is 120 years since the ban on the Lithuanian press in Latin was abolished in Lithuania. The platform Neakiwadinis Vilnius, which has prepared a new topic, White bows, black sheep. The historical Vilnius printing house invites you to visit the place where the old Vilnius printing house once operated.
The history of printing in Vilnius dates back to the 16th century, with the first printing house in the city in 1522. kr Pranczikus Skorina. The pioneer of book printing in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (LDK), the printing press came to Prague, where it was founded in 1517, supported by a wealthy town.
Between 1519 and 1521 Mr. Skorina settled in Vilnius, brought printing supplies, paper supplies and the house of the honorable man Jokbo Babiius, the old and great mayor of the city of Vilnius (it is believed that they stood at the intersection of Didiosios and Stikli streets) and opened the first printing house in Eastern and Northern Europe.
In it, P. Skorina prepared and published the first book LDK, a collection of psalms and didactic lessons, Maoji kelini knigel (Malaya podoronaja kniica), and later Apatal (Apostol1525), which consists of the times of the New Testament.
In Moscow, the press appeared three decades later, around 1552, in Riga in 1588, in Kiev in 1580, in Tallinn in 1635, in Minsk in 1790.
According to the platform Neakivijadinis Vilnius krj, in Vilnius in the 16th century. at the end of the year, about 10 printing presses were operating and as many books were printed as in the rest of Lithuania and Poland, in Lithuanian, Latin, Russian, Polish, Belarusian, Greek, Spanish, Italian, German and other languages. In Vilnius, the concentration center of various religious institutions, the printing house of the monastery and monastery flourished. Catholics, statists, Protestants, and later, even Judaism, competed in publishing books.
This also had its way in the development of polygraphy. The structure of the state changed several times, cities were devastated by fires, raging plagues, wars, occupations, press bans. Therefore, in the 19th century 20th century Ave. the fight for the Latin-style press moved the Lithuanian part of the mind and brought it to the public cultural life.
Sigita Bertulien, chief language manager of the Vilnius City Municipality, pressed to make history meaningful by creating a 5 km long route with 11 stops, reminding the history of culture, religion and social processes of that time. She draws attention to the fact that those traveling by road will only see places where the old printing presses have not survived to this day. we invite you to drive to the Museum of Energy and Technology, where a restored press used by P. Skorina is exhibited.
Free marrut White bows, black sheep. For a self-guided tour of the historic Vilnius printing house, you can find IA.
S. Bertulien herself will present the marrut on May 11. 11 o’clock (registration ia) and 2 p.m. (registration ia).
It is also possible to explore the language paths of Vilnius by visiting other routes of the “Intangible Vilnius”: Poetins Vilniaus plytos, Literatrinis Vilnius, Kalbos keliu, Vilnius ghetto knygneiai, Estonian Miloo Vilnius, Vilnius pokeris.
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