Brest Library acquires Brest Bible

26 мая 2014

A piece of Best Bible, the biggest edition of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 16th century. It was well preserved in the European private collection.


Alla Miasniankina, deputy director of M. Gorky Library, Brest: The book acquired its final form in the late 18th century, This historic document has great importance.


The first copy of Brest Bible is presented in Yakub Kolas National Academy of Science. In total 120 copies of the edition have been found.