Grand Duchy of Lithuania Court books
The court books of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is one of the most interesting historical collections of Vilnius University Library. It consists of almost six hundred manuscript deed books and book fragments dated between 1540 and 1845. It represents wide political, juridical, social, and economic panorama of Lithuanian history, the household of the past as well as public and individual psychology.
UNESCO Memory of the World
Vilnius University Library, which protects several unique monuments of Lithuanian literature, joined the Memory of the World programme in 2006 and provided several dozen objects of utmost importance that were attributed regional or national significance.
Documents of Lithuanian noble families
Various manuscript documents reveal the historical beginnings of well-known dukes and nobles of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and witness the Lithuanian nobility become part of European high society.
Leleweliana
The personal library of Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861), bequeathed in his last will to the University’s library. It contains many manuscript documents handwritten by Lelewel himself, as well as books covering various topics.
Cartography
Vilnius University Library’s cartography collection is not only the richest in Lithuania, but also one of the most unique in entire Eastern Europe. Collection is composed of atlases, historical maps, manuscript plot plans and blueprints.
Historical sources of Vilnius University
Significant historical documents of Vilnius University that attest to the University’s founding, the development of teaching and studying processes, peculiarities of professor and student academic and daily life, and the influence their works had to the culture and science of the state.
Monuments of Lithuanian literature
Manuscripts and printed documents that show the development of Lithuanian writing from the earliest books in Lithuanian – Catechisms by Martynas Mažvydas and Mikalojus Daukša – to the Lithuanian classics of the 20th century.
Recent objects
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Praelectiones historiae ecclesiasticae in usum auditorum...View object
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Regestra Bibliothecae Cutus Trcon. (Trocensis) Ord. Min....View object
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Gracz igraiący na okręgu ziemie z wybranymi swoiemi [...]View object
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Zabawki domowe Braci Filozofow pisane Roku 1826 dnia 1-go...View object
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Via Appia ad Latium Seu Ab Subennda utriusque eloquentiae...View object
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„Acta Visitationis Ecclesiarum Dioec. Vilnensis...“View object
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VILNA LITVANIAE metropolis, VILNA LITUANIAE metropolisView object
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„Ot Mikołaia Sapiehy Woiewody Nowogrodzkiego...". [...View object
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„Terminata pewney Zastawy daie sie dla informacy......View object
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Laiškas Aleksandrui Povilui Sapiegai, Lietuvos didžiajam...View object