MINSK, 13 April (BelTA) - Mstislavl printer Piotr Mstislavets, together with Ivan Fyodorov in Moscow, continued the work of Francysk Skaryna, the great representative of the Belarusian Renaissance, Igor Marzalyuk, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives, said in the latest episode of BelTA’s project Real History. Lectures by Igor Marzalyuk.
The historian emphasized that Mstislavl was glorified not only by the princes who protected this city with their swords but also by outstanding printers. “Book printer Piotr Mstislavets from Mstislavl brought the printed word and the latest technologies in book printing to the 16th-century Moscow,” Igor Marzalyuk said.
In 1564-1566, together with Ivan Fyodorov he published the first Moscow books. By the way, the surname Fyodorov, according to the historian, is mentioned only in official Moscow documents. He himself called himself Ivan Fyodorovich, and his books feature the corresponding heraldic emblem. “These are the first precisely dated books of Moscow printing: the Apostle (1564) and two Books of Hours (1565). When they left Moscow, Ivan Fyodorov and Piotr Mstislavets in 1568 settled in Zabludov, the estate belonging to Hetman Chodkiewicz, a patron of Orthodoxy. There they printed the instructional Gospel in 1569, and then the two friends, the first printers, also printed the first book on the Ukrainian lands. In other words Piotr Mstislavets and Ivan Fyodorovich continued the work begun by Francysk Skaryna, the titan of the Belarusian Renaissance,” Igor Marzalyuk said.
The historian emphasized that Mstislavl was glorified not only by the princes who protected this city with their swords but also by outstanding printers. “Book printer Piotr Mstislavets from Mstislavl brought the printed word and the latest technologies in book printing to the 16th-century Moscow,” Igor Marzalyuk said.
In 1564-1566, together with Ivan Fyodorov he published the first Moscow books. By the way, the surname Fyodorov, according to the historian, is mentioned only in official Moscow documents. He himself called himself Ivan Fyodorovich, and his books feature the corresponding heraldic emblem. “These are the first precisely dated books of Moscow printing: the Apostle (1564) and two Books of Hours (1565). When they left Moscow, Ivan Fyodorov and Piotr Mstislavets in 1568 settled in Zabludov, the estate belonging to Hetman Chodkiewicz, a patron of Orthodoxy. There they printed the instructional Gospel in 1569, and then the two friends, the first printers, also printed the first book on the Ukrainian lands. In other words Piotr Mstislavets and Ivan Fyodorovich continued the work begun by Francysk Skaryna, the titan of the Belarusian Renaissance,” Igor Marzalyuk said.
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