- Volkaite-Kulikauskiene, R. Senov?s lietuvi? drabužiai ir j? papuošalai (I–XVI a.), (Vilnius, 1997).
- Sedula, a Lithuanian folklore group who dress in 15th century Lithuanian dress. English Summary.
Article published in Lithuanian Museums journal. - Analysis and Identification of Fibre Constitution of Archaeological Textiles Materials Science 12(3) 2006.
Analysis of two 13-14th century textile fragments. Discusses the difficulty of differentiating between various bast fibres. - Elvyra Pe?eli?nait?-Bazien?. Archaeological Textiles of 2/2 diagonal twill found in the coastal cemeteries of the 1st–12th centuries in Lithuania Archaeologia Lituana 5 2004.
English summary at end of article.
March 15, 2010
Lithuania — Textiles and Dress
February 9, 2009
Lithuania – Archaeology
General
- Children’s Toys and Games in Lithuania of the 13-17th Centuries (Based on Archaeological Data)
- Ieva R?klaityt?. The personal toilet items from the excavations of the Vilnius Lower Castle’s Palace Archaeologia Lituana 2004.
Leather and Textile Archaeology
- The archaeological tablet-woven bands in the National Museum of Lithuania [PDF]by Virginija Rimkut?, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania.
- Five 16th century leather purses from the Karmelava necropolis.At the Vytautas the Great War Museum Link updated 11/12/09
- Ar?nas Puškorius. Researches of Pajauta valley in Kernav? leather findings from excavations of 1986
Metal, Weapons and Jewellery
- 1-4th century archaeological finds
- 5-9th c. jewellery
- 9-12th c. grave, with jewellery and weapons
- 10-12th c. jewellery
- Jânis Ciglis “Some notes on the chronology of Latgallian and Selonian artefacts in the Middle Iron Age” Archeologia Lituana (2)2001 [PDF]
- Arnis Radins “X–XIII amži? latgali? kap? laidosena ir ?kap?s” [10-13 centuries, Latgallian graves [with?] old cords and shroud]
Archeologia Lituana (2)2001 [PDF] - Andrejs Vasks “The Kalnazîverti pectoral ornament: archaeology and folklore” Archeologia Lituana (7)2006 [PDF]
- Audron? Bliujien? “Curonian Bead Sets with Bronze Spacer Plates and their Scandinavian Parallels” Fornvaennen (96) 2001 [PDF]
- Audron? Bliujien? “Some Notes on Curonian Women’s Bead Sets with Bronze Spacer Plates in their Headbands, Headdresses made of Cloth and Unaccountable Ware During the Viking Age and Early Medieval Times” Archaeologia Baltica (6) 2006 [PDF]
Numismatics
- Article in Lithuanian at the National Museum
Amber
February 8, 2009
Lithuania – The Žiemgala Journal
The following list, is of articles that are hopefully of interest, published in the journal Žiemgala (ISSN: 1392-3781)
This is based off an old Livejournal post, tweaked and updated for the Knowledge Pages project.
Archaeology, including grave goods
- Guntis Gerhards “Žiemgalos Gyventojai V-XVIII amž.” [Inhabitants of Semigallia in the 5th–18th centuries. Anthropological investigation] (2) 2000
- Vytautas Kazakevicius “Žiemgalos Didiko Kapas” [The Grave of a Semigallian Nobleman] (1)2001
- Deimantas Karvelis “Radvil? Birž? pilis ir jos arsenalas XVI-XVII a.” [Radvilos’ Biržai castle and its arsenal in the 16th-17th centuries] (1) 2002
- Virginija Ostašenkovien? “V?lyvieji Šiaur?s Vidurio Lietuvos Senkapiai” [Old Burial Places in Northern Lithuania] (2) 2005
- Virginija Ramanauskait?-Ostanšenkovien? “Šiaur?s vidurio Lietuva laikotarpiu iki Kristaus” [The Northen part of middle Lithuania during before Christ] (1)2003
- Virginija Ramanauskait?-Ostašenkovien? “Rudiški? senkapio radiniai” [The finds of Rudiškiai burial ground] (2)2002
Article | English Summary - Ernestas Vasiliauskas “Raktuv?s piliakalnis: Archeologiniai tyrin?jimai” [Raktuv? mound. Archaeological excavations] (1) 2002
- Ilona Vaškevi?i?t? “Ginklai Žiemgali? moter? kapuose” [Weapons in the graves of Semigallian women] (2) 2006
- Ilona Vaskevi?i?t? “Pietin?s žiemgali? ribos” [Boundaries of Southern Ziemgala] (1) 1999
Town and place-name history
- Alma Brazi?nien? “Šiaur?s Lietuva seniausiuose žem?lapiuose” [Northern Lithuania in Old Maps] (2) 2003
- Valentas Cibulskas “Senosios žagar?s bažny?ia” [The church of Old Žagar?] (2) 2001
- Valentas Cibulskas “Pasvalio bažny?ia” [The Church of Pasvalys] (1)2001
- Valentas Cibulskas “Joniškio bažny?ia” [The church of Joniškis] (2) 2000
- Edvardas Gudavi?ius “Žagar? XIII a. Žiemgalos ?vyki? fone” [Žagar? in the background of events in Semigallia in the 13th century] (2) 2002
- Robertas Jurgaitis “Kur stov?jo Bu?i?n? pilis?” [Where did Bu?i?nai Castle stand?] (1)2003
- Algimantas Kaminskas “Krincinas” [The town of Krincinas] (2)2003
- Deimantas Karvelis “Birž? pilis – Radvil? valdos centras” [Biržai Castle from the end of the 16th century till the middle of the 17th century] (1)2003
- Deimantas Karvelis :Visuomen? ir bažny?ia Radvil? Birž? kunigaikštyst?je XVI a. pabaigoje – XVII a. viduryje” [The church, town and society of Biržai from the end og the 16th century til the middle of the 17th century.] (1)2004
- Deimantas Karvelis “Birž? miestas ir miestie?iai XVI a. pabaigoje–XVII a. viduryje” [The town of Biržai and its citizens in the end of the 16th century and the middle of the 17th century] (1)2005
- Deimantas Karvelis “Žydai, karaimai ir totoriai Radvil? Birž? kunigaikštyst?je XVI a. pab. – XVII a. pirmojoje pus?je.” [Jews, Karaites and Tatars in the Duchy of Biržai in the end of the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century] (2) 2002
- Deimantas Karvelis “Birž? kunigaikštyst?s ryšiai su Kuršo ir Žiemgalos
kunigaikštyste XVI a. pabaigoje – XVII a. viduryje” [Relations between the Duchy of Biržai and the Duchy of Curonia and Žiemgala] (2) 1999 - K?stutis Labanauskas “Žagar?s Dvaro Parkas” [The Žagar? estate park] (1) 1998
- Nijol? Lukšionyt?-Tolvaišien? “Žagar?s dvaro architekt?ros ypatyb?s” [The architectural peculiarities of Žagar? Manor] (1) 2002
(Mentions in the summary that the place Žagar? has been known since the 13th c.)
- Kazys Misius “Švobiškis” [A town from the 16th century] (2) 2002
- Algimantas Miškinis “Pakruojis” [The Town of Pakruojis] (2) 1998
- Povilas Spurgevi?ius “Naujosios Žagar?s bažny?ia” [The church of Naujoji Žagar?] (1) 2003
- Ernestas Vasiliauskas “Žiemgala XII-XIII a.” [Žiemgala in the 12-13th c.] (2)2003
- Darius Vilimas “Pastabos d?l Pakruojo ?k?rimo datos” [Date of the Foundation of Pakruojis, 1520s-30s] (2)2005
January 14, 2009
Lithuania – Language
The dominant language spoken in the modern-day territory of Lithuania, changed according to the nationality of the rulers at the time, and where in the kingdom, duchy or commonwealth you resided.
With the crowning of King Mindaugas, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania began to form, and its’ administrative language was Ruthenian. Latin, German and Polish were also used to record laws and write documents, and it is not until the 16th century that the Lithuanian language was written down — a Southern Aukštaitijan translation of the Catechism.
With the union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy in 1569, the nobility spoke Polish and Latin as a second language, and Lithuanian and Ruthenian were spoken by the peasantry.
Onomastics
- Origin and History of the Village Name Dainava [PDF]
- Feminine Names from the Gediminid Line of Lithuania by Walraven van Nijmegen (Brian R. Speer)
- Lithuanian Names by William R. Schmalstieg Lituanus 28(3) 1982
- Annotated Bibliography of Lithuanian and Latvian Given Names by Aryanhwy merch Catmael (Sara L. Friedemann)
- XVI–XVII a. Lietuvos totori? moter? ?vardijimo b?dai [Ways of Naming Lithuanian Tartar Women in the 16-17th Centuries] by J?rat? ?ir?nait?. Lituanistica Vol.3, 2004
- Didik? ?vardijimas Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštyst?s kariuomen?s dokumentuose [Naming of Nobility in the Military Documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania] by J?rat? ?ir?nait?. Lituanistica Vol.3 2003
- Academy of St. Gabriel Report 3164: ‘help constructing a name appropriate for a Lithuanian woman… between 1300 and 1500.’
- For place-name history, see the list of articles from Žiemgala.
- For the names of gods, Jan ?asicki (1534–1602) wrote De diis Samagitarum (first published 1615). A 19th century copy is available via GoogleBooks.
Lithuanian
- General
- Senieji Rastai Database of ‘old’ Lithuanian writings, digitised.
- Books, in the Lithuanian Language
- Postcards of 16th century Lithuanian books. From Year of the Lithuanian Book, 1547-1997.
- 16th century Lithuanian Books from the National Library of Lithuania
- The Lithuanian Classic Literature Anthology, by UNESCO
- Historical Collections of the Vilnius University Library, by UNESCO. Photo gallery.
- Lietuvi? kalbos žodynas (Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language) and here.“The Dictionary aims to give the words and illustrate their usage by quotations culled from all kinds of writings and dialect records from the period between the year 1547, i.e. the publication of the first Lithuanian book, and 2001.”
- Selected Pages from M. Mažvydas’ Catechismus and Other Publications
- Recordings of hymns from the catechismus.
- Year of the Lithuanian Book, 1547-1997: 450th anniversary of the first Lithuanian book by Martynas Mažvydas
- Alfonsas Šesplaukis The Martynas Mažvydas Catechism of 1547: The First Lithuanian Book in the Light of New Research Lituanus (19:3) 1973
- The Appeal of The Small Book Itself Unto Lithuanians and Samogitians. At the Classic Lithuanian Literature Anthology.
- About Martynas Mažvydas. At the Classic Lithuanian Literature Anthology.
- Wikipedia entry on Jonas Bretk?nas, including two pictures from the book.
- Translated from the Polish Postylla Katolicka by Jokubas Vujekas
- Mikalojus Daukša. Postilla catholicka.
- The Preface Unto Benevolent Reader at the Classic Lithuanian Literature Anthology.
Ruthenian
- Scan of a record of a tribunal in the Grand Duchy, 1586.
- Historical Documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has photos of documents written in Ruthenian, Latin and Polish.
- Page from the Lithuanian Metrica, more information on Wikipedia.
- Metrics of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Polish
- Historical Documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has photos of documents written in Ruthenian, Latin and Polish.
- Titles of Nobility and Rank, as translated by the Society for Creative Anachronism. So, probably not the most accurate source, but may still be useful.
Latin
- Historical Documents of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has photos of documents written in Ruthenian, Latin and Polish.
- Mikalojus Husovianas The Song about Bison, Its Stature, Ferocity and Hunt 1523.
January 12, 2009
Lithuania – Arts
Music and Arts, including Archaeological Textiles
- Musicalia: A Digital Repository of Early European Music in the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Page checked 12th Jan 2009
- The archaeological tablet-woven bands in the National Museum of Lithuania [PDF]
by Virginija Rimkut?, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania. - Marius Irš?nas Balt? menas: naujo pasakojimo paieškos /The Baltic Art: in Search of a New Narrative in The Vilnius Review, (2) 2009.
Report of an exhibition at the Museum of Applied Art, Vilnius, with numerous pictures of archaeological finds. English. Lithuanian. - The Vilnius Museum of Applied Art
Exhibition of Baltic Art, Lithuanian Language.
Exhibition of Artifacts from the Royal Palace of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, English and Lithuanian languages. - The Palanga Amber Museum
Exhibitions and Expositions, in English.