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''Postilė'' (full title: ''Postilla, tatai esti trumpas ir prastas ischguldimas euangeliu'') is a 1000-page
postil A postil or postill ( la, postilla; german: Postille) was originally a term for Bible commentaries. It is derived from the Latin ''post illa verba textus'' ("after these words from Scripture"), referring to biblical readings. The word first occurs ...
(collection of
sermon A sermon is a religious discourse or oration by a preacher, usually a member of clergy. Sermons address a scriptural, theological, or moral topic, usually expounding on a type of belief, law, or behavior within both past and present contexts. El ...
s and Bible commentaries) written in the
Lithuanian language Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 millio ...
by
Jonas Bretkūnas Jonas Bretkūnas, Johann(es) Bretke, also known as Bretkus (born 1536 in Bammeln near Friedland – 1602 Königsberg was a Lutheran pastor and was one of the best known developers of the written Lithuanian language. He translated the Bible into Lit ...
in 1591. It was designed for the purposes of Protestant priests serving Lithuanian communities in
East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...
(territory sometimes known as
Lithuania Minor Lithuania Minor ( lt, Mažoji Lietuva; german: Kleinlitauen; pl, Litwa Mniejsza; russian: Ма́лая Литва́), or Prussian Lithuania ( lt, Prūsų Lietuva; german: Preußisch-Litauen, pl, Litwa Pruska), is a historical ethnographic re ...
). The book was used until the 18th century. ''Postilė'' is one earliest works in Lithuanian that were not merely translations but also included original texts. It contains much
ethnographic Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...
data about everyday life of the common people. About 30 copies of ''Postilė'' survive; 10 of them are kept in Lithuanian libraries and museums.


See also

* ''Catechism'' of Martynas Mažvydas – the first printed book in the Lithuanian language, printed in 1547 *
Catechism of Mikalojus Daukša The ''Catechism, or Education Obligatory to Every Christian'' ( lt, Katekizmas, arba mokslas kiekvienam krikščioniui privalus, original Lithuanian: ''Kathechismas, arba Mokslas kiekwienam krikszczionii priwalvs'') of Mikalojus Daukša was the ...
– the first Lithuanian Roman Catholic catechism published in 1595 * Catechism of
Merkelis Petkevičius Merkelis Petkevičius ( pl, Melchior Pietkiewicz; 1550–1608) was a Reformation (Calvinist) activist in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He was a nobleman who worked as a court scribe in Vilnius for almost thirty years. In 1598, he published the fir ...
– the first Lithuanian Protestant (Calvinist) catechism published in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1598 * ''
Mokslas skaitymo rašto lietuviško ''Mokslas skaitymo rašto lietuviško'' (Old Lithuanian: ''Moksłas skaityma raszta lietuwiszka''; en, The Science of Reading the Lithuanian Writing) is the first Catholic primer of the Lithuanian language. The first Lithuanian primer ''Mokslas ...
'' – the first Catholic primer of the Lithuanian language * ''
Universitas lingvarum Litvaniae ''Universitas lingvarum Litvaniæ'' ( lt, Lietuvos kalbų visuma; en, The Entirety of the Lithuanian language) is the oldest surviving grammar of the Lithuanian language published in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was written ...
'' – the oldest surviving grammar of the Lithuanian language * ''
Grammatica Litvanica ''Grammatica Litvanica'' ( lt, Lietuvių kalbos gramatika, lit=Lithuanian grammar) is the first prescriptive printed grammar of the Lithuanian language which was written by Daniel Klein in Latin and published in 1653 in Königsberg, Duchy of Pr ...
'' – the first printed grammar of the Lithuanian language


References


Further reading

* Lithuanian books 1591 books {{Lithuania-hist-stub