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Brest History Museum plans to digitize Radziwill Bible

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BREST, 9 July (BelTA) – We are planning to digitize the unique Bible of Brest, or the so-called Radziwill Bible, BelTA learned from Svetlana Tomchuk, Director of the Best History Museum, the keeper of the bible.

“The National Library of Belarus has given us a go-ahead,” Svetlana Tomchuk noted. “You cannot flip through the original edition. So it is a good idea to have the rarities available in the digital version. This will give an opportunity to all readers, including scientists, to study the book,” she said.

The relic returned to Brest last September. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko handed over the Bible to the city of Brest on 6 September as the city celebrated its millennium birthday. The book was first presented to the general public in January this year. The rarity was put up for display for a short time. Now Brest residents and tourists once again have the opportunity to see the rare edition as the city celebrates its Liberation Day on 28 July.

The Bible was printed in the Brest printing house in 1563 on the initiative and at the expense of Duke Nikolai Radziwill the Black. The bible retains two engraved front pages for the Old and New Testaments. The book is illustrated with numerous engravings, capital letters.

The Brest History Museum has more than 4,000 items from the 16th century to the present.

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