Wasyl Ciapiński
Belarusian writer and translator
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Wasyl Ciapiński (Belarusian: Vasil Ciapinski (Васіль Мікалаевіч Цяпінскі-Амельяновіч); Polish: Wasyl Ciapiński, Omelianowicz; Russian: Vasily Tyapinski) (1540s in Vitebsk Voivodeship – c. 1604) was a Belarusian-Lithuanian noble, humanist, educator, writer, publisher and translator from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania known for translating the Bible into the Belarusian language.[1] He was behind the printing of the "Moscow Gospel" in the 1570s,[2] and is regarded as one of the early facilitators of Belarusian printed literature.[3] His Bible is sometimes understood to have been printed in Ukrainian[4] but is today generally regarded as Belarusian language.
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Portrait and authenticity
A widely reproduced “portrait” of Wasyl Ciapiński, first published in 1919 by Belarusian bibliophile Ramuald Ziamkievič, has been shown to be based on a 1626 engraved likeness of the French Renaissance architect Philibert de l'Orme. Despite its non-authentic origin, this adapted image circulated throughout the 20th century and became a canonical but historically inaccurate representation of Ciapiński.[5]
External links
- Szlachta ruska Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego a reformacja , Беларускі Гістарычны Зборнік - Białoruskie Zeszyty Historyczne nr 18
