"The Uncharted World of Old Books: The Heritage of the Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Vilnius Libraries' at Vilnius Picture Gallery
Four Vilnius libraries - The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius University Library, and the Lithuanian Audiosensory Library - and the Lithuanian National Art Museum present "The Uncharted World of Old Books" exhibition. For the first time, the scattered heritage of the noble libraries of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is being opened to the public in one place. In the part of the Radziwiłł family - an 18th-century book from the TARTLE collection.
About half a million old books from the 15th to the 18th centuries are stored in Vilnius libraries. It is impossible to recognize such abundance immediately. But it is possible to show the variety and beauty of these books, to find out who read them and why. At the exhibition, visitors will get to know the books of nine famous GDL families - the Radziwiłłs, Chodkevičiai, Sapiehas, Kosakovskii, Platerii, Oginskii, Huten-Čapskii, Lopacinskii, Tiškevičiai - in the library of one of the estates, and at the same time - also with the owners of these libraries - the great bibliophiles of the GDL. These personalities and their bibliophilic activities testify to the wide European amplitude of Lithuanian cultural ties. It is hoped that the exhibition will encourage further research into Lithuanian culture, libraries, and book history.
When selecting the exhibits for this exhibition, the organizers were lucky - they managed to identify two books from the Nesvyžius Radziwiłłs library. One of them came from the personal collection of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Lithuania, dr. Gitanas Nausėda and the other is from the collections of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. The exhibition was enriched by two private exhibits - collections of Dr. Jaunius Gumbis and the Lithuanian Art Center TARTLE.
This exhibition is intended for both book lovers and specialists. To bring the art of the old book closer to the artists who created the book today, to book researchers and a wide circle of readers and visitors, the descriptions of the exhibition are presented in Lithuanian and English, and they can also be read in audio mode.
Four Vilnius libraries - The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius University Library, and the Lithuanian Audiosensory Library - and the Lithuanian National Art Museum present "The Uncharted World of Old Books" exhibition. For the first time, the scattered heritage of the noble libraries of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is being opened to the public in one place. In the part of the Radziwiłł family - an 18th-century book from the TARTLE collection.
About half a million old books from the 15th to the 18th centuries are stored in Vilnius libraries. It is impossible to recognize such abundance immediately. But it is possible to show the variety and beauty of these books, to find out who read them and why. At the exhibition, visitors will get to know the books of nine famous GDL families - the Radziwiłłs, Chodkevičiai, Sapiehas, Kosakovskii, Platerii, Oginskii, Huten-Čapskii, Lopacinskii, Tiškevičiai - in the library of one of the estates, and at the same time - also with the owners of these libraries - the great bibliophiles of the GDL. These personalities and their bibliophilic activities testify to the wide European amplitude of Lithuanian cultural ties. It is hoped that the exhibition will encourage further research into Lithuanian culture, libraries, and book history.
When selecting the exhibits for this exhibition, the organizers were lucky - they managed to identify two books from the Nesvyžius Radziwiłłs library. One of them came from the personal collection of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Lithuania, dr. Gitanas Nausėda and the other is from the collections of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. The exhibition was enriched by two private exhibits - collections of Dr. Jaunius Gumbis and the Lithuanian Art Center TARTLE.
This exhibition is intended for both book lovers and specialists. To bring the art of the old book closer to the artists who created the book today, to book researchers and a wide circle of readers and visitors, the descriptions of the exhibition are presented in Lithuanian and English, and they can also be read in audio mode.
