page_title: Franciscus Scorina
hierarchical_section_title: Franciscus Scorina
caption_attribution_description: 1518 Printed Volume of Bible by Francisk Skoryna - With Portrait of the Printer - Book Museum - National Library - Minsk - Belarus
context_page_description: Franciscus Scorina was a Ruthenian humanist, physician, translator and one of the first book printers in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in Eastern Europe at all, laying the groundwork for the development of the Belarusian izvod of Church Slavonic language.
context_section_description: Franciscus Scorina (alternative transcriptions of his name: Francysk Skaryna or Francisk Skorina; Latin: Franciscus Scorina, Belarusian: Францыск (Францішак) Скарына [franˈt͡sɨsk skaˈrɨna]; Polish: Franciszek Skaryna, Czech: František Skorina; 1470 – before 29 January 1552) was a Ruthenian humanist, physician, translator and one of the first book printers in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in Eastern Europe at all, laying the groundwork for the development of the Belarusian izvod of Church Slavonic language.
caption: Bible printed by Franciscus Scorina with Scorina's portrait, Book Museum, National Library, Minsk
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