Public lecture “Raised by the writing traditions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Francysk Skaryna and his Ruthenian Bible”

The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (Žygimantų st. 1) and the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Cathedral sq. 4)
Director of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences dr. SIGITAS NARBUTAS

The lecturer will introduce the literature of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which formed Francysk Skaryna – translator, publisher, poet and complier of religious writings. After the lecture in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences the event will continue with an excursion in the Museum in the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. S. Narbutas will introduce the heritage of F. Skaryna exhibited here: one of the first books published in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania – the Little Book of Travel, which appeared in Vilnius in 1522 – as well as the Book of Job, published in Prague in 1517.

The lecture and visit to the expositions of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania is free.