Cyrylometodejskie dziedzictwo piśmiennicze na Warmii i Mazurach
The written heritage of Cyril and Methodius in Warmia and Mazury

Summary/Abstract: It was the aim of the study to register and analyze manuscripts and prints written in the Cyrillicwhich have been collected in Warmia and Mazury. The article describes written monuments from thecollections of libraries in Olsztyn: the library in Warmia and Mazury Seminary Hosianum (parchmentleaves from the 14th century), University of Warmia and Mazury Library (manuscript Swiatcy from1848), and Museum of Warmia and Mazury Library (two copies of the Lvov publication of theAltar Gospel Book from 1897), as well as the municipal and regional libraries (Monthly Menaionfor October printed in Moscow in 1750) and a private collection (the Altar Gospel Book from 1815printed in Poczajów. A volume of Służebnik (Wilno–Supraśl, 1692–1695) is in the possessionof a Greek-Catholic parishioner from Giżycko. Additionally, volumes from the Old Believers’monastery and Orthodox church in Wojnowo were described. Courtesy of their owners, the studyis based also on manuscripts and prints which belong to the Old Believers from Ukta, Wojnowo,Ruciane-Nida and Piaski. The guardian of the Old Believers Monastery of Saviour and Holy Trinityallowed the author to photograph and describe the manuscripts and prints which have not been sofar academically analysed. They are now stored in the Digital Library of the University of Warmiaand Mazury thanks to a project financed by the National Science Centre. The described volumes,mainly liturgical in their character, served the needs of Christians in the east: Orthodox Christians,Old Believers and Greek-Catholics.Key words:

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