European Intellectual – A Portrait of František Skorina

Doctor František Skorina (1470–1552), a citizen of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a historical figure in whom today’s Belarus takes pride, was a European intellectual who published his most important work in Prague. His Ruthenian Bible (1517–1520) is a key work in the history of Slavonic literature, and by no means only for Belarus, representing a milestone in the development of Czech printing and Czech portraiture. Indeed, his portrait in the Ruthenian Bible is the subject of the international study by the Prague Linguistic Circle that is being presented.