The presentation of three fundamentally different technologies for the re-creation of documentary heritage was held in the National Library on 9 June. The event was timed to the significant date – the 500th anniversary of the Belarusian book-printing.
In the era of the rapid development of technology, our major task is to preserve the national heritage and return it into cultural and scientific use. With that end and view a number of projects for the re-creation of documentary heritage have been developed.
The event participants presented three fundamentally different technologies. The first of them is the re-edition of original monuments by the ancient technique of printing with the help of a hand press.
Vladimir Likhodedov, the author of the historical and cultural project “In search of the lost”, recreated Skaryna’s printing-press and showed the event guests how it worked. With such a device the first book had been printed by Skaryna’s technology, as well as a unique map identifying the Belarusian lands. The map had originally appeared in the first half of the 16th century in the Venetian Republic, owning to Giovanni Andrea Vavassore. He is the creator of geographical maps that are very rare today, and some of them are available as copies only.
The second technology is the facsimile reconstruction of rarities, which allows making our ancestors' book heritage available to a wide audience. The deputy director of the National Library of Belarus Alexander Susha told in detail about this technology.
Another way of reproducing the book heritage – a virtual recreation – was presented by head of the e-library development department Victor Pshibytko.
The event guests were able to watch and try all the technologies: the recreated printing-press, numerous facsimile editions and electronic resources of the National Library of Belarus.
The event was attended by the director of the National Library of Belarus Roman Motulsky and deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper Sovietskaja Belorussia Galina Toropetskaya.
During the presentation, the 16th century Vavassore’s map was recreated on the printing-press and presented as a gift to the National Library and other cultural institutions of Belarus.
The event was prepared by the National Library of Belarus and the newspaper Sovietskaja Belorussia editorship.
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