DIGITAL MAPPING OF THE UKRAINIAN SACRED MONODY

The LU-BIRD project aims to preserve and promote Ukraine’s medieval artistic heritage through the digital mapping of the Lyubachiv Irmologion of 1674, a key manuscript of liturgical monody created by Pavlo Smerechanskyi. This richly decorated collection, housed in the Lviv Historical Museum, reflects both artistic elegance and historical significance. The project will offer free public access to the Irmologion in various digital formats — images, editable texts, and machine-readable music files — supporting research, education, and cultural dissemination. By digitizing, editing, and publishing the chants and texts, LU-BIRD will remove barriers to heritage access and stimulate scholarly and creative exploration across disciplines. The outcomes will strengthen the study of Ukrainian identity, preserve rare manuscripts, and foster linguistic and musicological research, while contributing to the expansion of educational resources and the safeguarding of national cultural memory.