Early modern travel historian researching rare books. Digital Humanities enthusiast. Basically, if it’s old, bound, and mysterious, I’m probably digging into it.
Milda Kvizikevičiūtė
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A book that survived fire – by losing its first page.
The Brest Bible (1563) is one of the most remarkable witnesses of the Reformation in Lithuania. Printed in Brest (Brasta), it was the first full Bible translation in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania into a vernacular language – Polish.🧵
"There's a party
Don't you know today there is a party
Open up your heart, we're gonna start it" (DJ Bobo)
One surviving copy, now in the National Museum of Lithuania. And yet – it also contains something unexpected: two New Testament title pages (no Old Testament, though). A small mystery of printing, rebinding, and use that invites questions.
