Drukarz Hryń Iwanowicz, malarz, grawer, twórca cyrylickiej kursywy

• Authors: Antoni Mironowicz

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Hryn Ivanovich – Painter, Engraver, Printer

Abstracts

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Hryn Ivanovich is not described in much detail in scholarly literature. He is most often mentioned in the context of the history of the Vilnius printing shop owned by the Mamonich brothers, or the ones in Ostroh or Lviv, as well as the work of Ivan Fedorov and Peter Tymofeevich Mstsislavets (Mścisławiec). Some historians, with some justification, call him a painter. In the historical works devoted to printing houses he appears as the creator of new Cyrillic fonts and new printing forms, as a creator of initials and typographic ornaments. Hryn Ivanovich was born in Zabludov in Podlachia region. After Ivan Fedorov visited Zabludov in 1568, the talented young man was sent to work in the newly created printing shop. He was at Fedorov’s side when the Psaltir s Chasoslovom was printed in 1570, which contained the Gregory Khodkevich coat of arms. In 1572 he left Zabludov with his master to go to Lviv, where he had a hand in all of Fedorov’s publications. While in Lviv, in 1575–1577, he studied with the painter Wawrzynets Filipovich Pukhala. Apart from painting, he learned woodcut, engraving, or metalwork. In 1577–1582 he worked in Ostroh in a printing shop run by Ivan Fedorov. He participated in the preparation of a number of books, including the Ostroh Bible. In 1582–1583 he moved to Vilnius, where he worked in a print shop belonging to the Mamonich brothers. While in Vilnius, Hryn Ivanovich, breaking the terms of an agreement with Fedorov, created two fonts for mayor Mamonich’s printing shop, including a Cyrillic cursive later commonly used in printing houses in Vilnius. In early February 1583 Hryn Ivanovich returns to Lviv. On 26 February 1583 Ivanovich and Fedorov sign an agreement stating that Hryn would only work for the Moscow printer. This agreement he would respect. In 1583 he went to Rome at the request of prince Constantine Ostrogsky, where he probably made Cyrillic fonts for Catholic publishers. In 1588 he returned to Poland and returned to work in the Mamonich printing shop. His woodcuts and engravings were used for the printing of the III Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1588. The latest information about his work comes from 1593. The title page of a Gospel printed by the Vilnius brotherhood in 1644 there was a framed engraving with Hryn Ivanovich’s monogram “HIV” dated to 1593.

• Publisher: Akademia Supraska
• Journal: Latopisy Akademii Supraskiej
• Year: 2016
• Volume: Dawna cyrylicka księga drukowana: twórcy i czytelnicy
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 113-135

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Antoni Mironowicz

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Biblioteka Nauki

2171327