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replace the official Slavic (Russian or Belorussian) language in the legal system of

the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in clerical work and in the chancellery of the king.

Rotundas maintains that Latin is the native and primary language of the Lithua-

nians and that there is a tradition of legal Latin. (Curiously enough the legend of

the Roman origin of the Lithuanians still persists. Recently a local artist of consi-

derable repute, who spends part of the year in Paris, told me that he had known

Lithuanians in Paris and that the Lithuanians were originally Romans. Unfortuna-

tely our group was just breaking up at this moment and I did not have the chance

to inform him otherwise.) Naturally Ulèinaitë also discusses Maþvydas letters,

which give us a picture of his living conditions. She concludes (p.232) that [...] in

16th century Lithuania the forms of the epistolary genre were known, fostered and

supplemented by actual European and Lithuanian realia.

Book publishing activities of the Prussian authorities in the 16th-18th centu-

ries (pp.235-265) is the title of the article by Domas Kaunas who discusses (1) the

organization and funding of book publishing, (2) remuneration for authors, (3) the

size of the various editions and (4) censorship. The publication of Maþvydas

Catechism and the Old Prussian catechisms by Hans Weinreich in Königsberg was

funded by the state. The printers were paid two marks and three shillings for the

first Old Prussian catechism and only two marks for the second corrected edition

(p.236). The publication of Maþvydas second book, Giesmë ð. Ambrazeijaus bei ð.

Augustina (The Hymn of St. Ambrose and St. Augustine, 1549) was, however, ap-

parently financed by Sebastian Perbanth, the commander of Ragnit (p.237). Accor-

ding to Kaunas (p.246) in the dedication of Vilentas Euangelijos bei epistolos (1579)

the latter mentions that the translation was approved by experts in theology and

the Lithuanian language. Thus we can assume that authors of the works published

in early Lithuania submitted their works to others before publication (p.247). Later

for the 17th century there is documentary evidence of the appointment of experts

to study the manuscripts of proposed publications (p.249). Thus a group of seven

experts in the Lithuanian language was appointed to evaluate The Psalms of

David prepared by Johann Rhesa (1625). A board of editors was appointed to

evaluate Daniel Kleins grammar and hymn book which were then discussed at

informal meetings at Kleins home in Tilsit.

We know that Maþvydas received 70 marks annually for his work in Ragnit and

this amount was sufficient to buy 350 kg of butter, 150 kg of good wool, 140 sheep

and two good or eight old horses (p.254). Although Vilentas royalties were at first

rather modest, later having worked on the translation of the Euangelijos bei epistolos

initially received 70 marks and from 1563 on 90 marks. Of course, as Kaunas

remarks: [...] it was the moral remunerationthe opportunity to realize creative

potential, and public recognition of the intellectual part of societythat was most

significant to many an author of the feudal epoch (p.256). In this sentence the of

is rather tricky. It is not immediately clear whether the authors get public recogni-

tion from the intellectual part of society or whether the public is giving recogni-

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