Exhibition from the funds of the Dnipropetrovsk National Historical Museum named after D.I. Yavornytskyi.
The theme of the new exhibition is timed to the Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language. Exhibits of the exhibition representing the collection of the Dnipropetrovsk National Historical Museum named after D.I. Yavornytskyi, they talk about the development of Ukrainian writing in the territory of Ukraine, from the period of handwritten books to the publication of printed books, and materials related to the collection and publication of lexical materials on the Ukrainian language are also presented.
The Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language is a holiday celebrated annually in Ukraine on November 9. According to the Orthodox calendar, this is the day of commemoration of the Venerable Nestor the Chronicler. According to tradition, the best popularizers of the Ukrainian word are celebrated on this day. This topic is directly related to the development of language and writing in the territory of the modern Dnipropetrovsk region, and in particular, to the activities of D.I. Yavornytskyi in the field of lexicography and collecting exhibits for the Regional Museum named after OHM. fields
At the beginning of the 20th century Yavornytskyi carried out serious search work, as a result of which, by 1905, he had transported about 750 handwritten and printed monuments from the church and personal libraries of our region to the Katerynoslav museum. And in 1905-1906, he managed to find another 500 old books. The scientist personally described the books that were kept in village churches.
As a lexicographer D.I. During his lifetime, Yavornytskyi collected about 55,000 Ukrainian words that were not recorded in other dictionaries. He planned to publish the “Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language” in 3 volumes, but only 1 volume (“A-K”) was published during the life of the scientist. Exhibits from the funds of the historical museum vividly emphasize the activity of Dmytro Yavornytskyi in the field of Ukrainian studies.
Among the unique exhibits of the exhibition are handwritten Cyrillic books from 1425 and 1631, old prints of Ivan Fedorov’s printing house (“Book of Lent” from 1594) and the typography of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (“Pateryk of the Caves” from 1678; “Book of Lives of Saints” by Dmitry Rostovsky ). A particularly valuable copy of the service book (“Services to the Reverend Fathers of the Caves” in 1763), which was donated to the Samara Desert-Mykolaiv Monastery by the last Kosh chieftain, Pyotr Kalnyshevskyi.
The exhibition will last: from October 28, 2011 to February 1, 2012.
The house-museum is open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Phone: 47-27-61, 47-27-33.
Ticket price: UAH 2. – pupil, student; 4 hryvnias – an adult
Address of the house-museum: Shevchenko Square, 5 (near Shevchenko Park).
