Straipsnyje nagrinėjami XV–XVII a. spausdintų kirilinių knygų, saugomų Lietuvos mokslų
akademijos Vrublevskių bibliotekos (toliau LMAVB ) Retų spaudinių skyriuje, įrišai. Jie analizuojami
pagal knygų tematiką, išskiriant knygas, skirtas skaityti liturginių apeigų metu bei pavieniui. Trumpai
apžvelgiama, kaip tiriamieji leidiniai pateko į LMAVB .
Esminiai žodžiai: XV–XVII a. knygų įrišai; Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka; rosika;
kirilika.
Keywords: XV–XVII centuries bookbinding; the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; Rossica; old Cirillic.
This historiographic study deals with bindings from 15–17th-century Cyrillic printed books of the Wroblewski
Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (WLLAS ). What is typical for a binding of a
15–17th-century Cyrillic book? To answer this question, we selected a comparative method. The methodological
essence of a comparative study is the method underlying statements about similarities and differences
of objects or events. In this case, essential features of the bindings from the old Cyrillic books were the
object of comparison. The bindings were analysed in regard to the subject of the books, placing emphasis
on liturgical books and devotional books intended for individual reading. The aim of the study was to
establish what features were characteristic for the bindings of old Cyrillic books kept in WLLAS . For this
purpose, we studied the origins of the WLLAS Rossica collection and carried out a geographical analysis
of bindings of 15-17th-century Cyrillic books. We have discovered that the binding of an old Cyrillic book
has a long tradition extending back over ages. The binding of a typical 15–17th-century old Cyrillic book
usually has the following features: leather cover richly decorated with ornate embossing, full binding,
wooden boards. Such books also often have clasps and decorated block edges.
