The Beginning Of Cyrillic Printing: Cracow, 1491
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In 1491, the Polish city of Cracow became the unlikely birthplace of a technological revolution that would shape the written culture of Eastern Europe for centuries — the printing of the first Cyrillic-script books. Szczepan K. Zimmer's meticulous study chronicles this pivotal moment in printing history, tracing the workshop of Schweipolt Fiol, the German-born printer who produced the first known books in the Cyrillic alphabet, and situating this achievement within the broader intellectual and commercial currents of late-medieval Central Europe. Drawing on deep archival research, Zimmer presents a landmark account of how typography, religion, and politics converged in a single city to produce a legacy that would reach from Krakow to Moscow and beyond. The work illuminates the intersection of Western print technology and Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical demand, raising urgent questions about cultural transmission and the origins of Slavic literacy. For historians, bibliophiles, and scholars of Slavic studies alike, this is an indispensable document — one that reminds us how the most transformative ideas often emerge from the most unexpected crossroads.
Author: Szczepan K. Zimmer
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Colorado, Columbia University Press-Polnish Institute of Arts & Sciences of American Inc
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: NEW. Jacket: in original plastic wrap. No tears.
In 1491, the Polish city of Cracow became the unlikely birthplace of a technological revolution that would shape the written culture of Eastern Europe for centuries — the printing of the first Cyrillic-script books. Szczepan K. Zimmer's meticulous study chronicles this pivotal moment in printing history, tracing the workshop of Schweipolt Fiol, the German-born printer who produced the first known books in the Cyrillic alphabet, and situating this achievement within the broader intellectual and commercial currents of late-medieval Central Europe. Drawing on deep archival research, Zimmer presents a landmark account of how typography, religion, and politics converged in a single city to produce a legacy that would reach from Krakow to Moscow and beyond. The work illuminates the intersection of Western print technology and Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical demand, raising urgent questions about cultural transmission and the origins of Slavic literacy. For historians, bibliophiles, and scholars of Slavic studies alike, this is an indispensable document — one that reminds us how the most transformative ideas often emerge from the most unexpected crossroads.