On ancient cyrillic prints of the Podlasie region

Lilia Citko

Abstract

In the article an attempt is made to describe ancient Cyrillic prints published by two typographies of the Podlasie region – from Zabludov (1569–1570) and from Suprasl (1695–1803). Two liturgical books printed in Zabludov influenced the development of typographic art in the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania. They also affected religious and national consciousness of the Orthodox inhabitants in the state of Poland and Lithuania. Cyrillic books from Basilian monks’ printery in Suprasl, thematically different (ranging from liturgical books to didactic liturgy), had numerous recipients in Uniate circle, the Old Believers (starovery) and Orthodox communities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and abroad (in the Grand Dutchy of Moscow).

Keywords:

drukarstwo cyrylickie, język cerkiewnosłowiański, księga liturgiczna, literatura dydaktyczna