The Handwritten Litevský slovník [Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language] in the Context of the Czech Baltic Studies in the First Half of the 19th Century: The Conceptual Plan of the Dictionary and the Question of Authorship Anna Tollarová This study focuses on the manuscript Litevský slovník [Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language] (shelf mark IV A 11), kept at the Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books of the National Museum Library. This handwritten lexicographic relic is dated to the first half of the 19th century…
Fragments of a Czech Translation of the Poem Facetus Michal Dragoun, Kateřina Voleková The article deals with two incomplete handwritten copies of the poem Facetus with a Czech translation. The poem Facetus, or more specifically its version referred to as ‘Cum nihil utilius’ based on its incipit, probably originated in the 12th century; in the high Middle Ages, it was…
On the Contemporary Terminology of Book-Binding Conservation Jan Novotný The article deals with the current terminology of conservation and historical book binding. The introduction mentions the different paradigms of a scientific examination of a book artefact and lists the fundamental differences between restoration and conservation approaches. The issue of…
A Czech Military Handbook from 1618 Klára Andresová In the early modern period, only a few military handbooks were printed in the Czech language in the Kingdom of Bohemia. The first of them was a translation of Kriegs Discurs written by Lazarus von Schwendi, which was published by Daniel Carolides in Prague in 1618 as Discurs o běhu…
The Decoration of Písně Chval Božských [Songs of Divine Worship] from the National Museum Library Ema Součková The handwritten monumental hymn-book discussed was most likely made in the 1560s in the workshop of Jan Táborský of Klokotská Hora, and the decoration was painted by Matěj Hutský of Křivoklát, who was a very sought-after artist in his time. The decoration of the codex follows the usual period…
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KUBÍNOVÁ, Kateřina. Cim 2. Pražský evangeliář Cim 2: rukopis mezi zeměmi a staletími středověké Evropy. Praha: Artefactum, 2017. ISBN 978-80-88283-06-5. Tomáš Gaudek
ŠÁMAL, Petr – PAVLÍČEK, Tomáš – BARBORÍK, Vladimír – JANÁČEK, Pavel et al. Literární kronika první republiky: události, díla, souvislosti. Praha: Academia, Památník národního písemnictví, Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, 2018. ISBN 978-80-200-290 Dominik Bálan
KOUPIL, Ondřej (ed.). Beneš Optát – Petr Gzel – Václav Philomates. Gramatika česká (1533). Praha: Akropolis, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7470-232-7. (Autorem jedné z úvodních studií Petr Voit, překlad Katja Brankačkec a František Martínek.) Pavel Kosek
KUBÍK, Viktor. Bible táborského hejtmana Filipa z Padeřova a knižní malba husitské doby. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7422-662-5. Lenka Panušková
PORIEZOVÁ, Miriam (ed.). Studia Bibliographica Posoniensia 2018. Bratislava: Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave, 2018. ISBN 978-80-89303-69-4, ISSN 1337-0723. Iva Bydžovská
HRADILOVÁ, Marta – TOŠNEROVÁ, Marie (edd.). Jakž lidé hodnověrní zprávu činí: formy písemné komunikace v raném novověku. Praha: Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR, 2018. ISBN 978-80-87782-83-5. Monika Veverková
BOLDAN, Kamil. Počátek českého knihtisku. Praha: Scriptorium, 2018. ISBN 978-80-88013-69-3. Rostislav Krušinský
KŘENEK, Karel et al. Hmotný průzkum Rukopisů královédvorského a zelenohorského: dokumentace současného stavu. Praha: Národní muzeum, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7036-568-7. Miroslav Široký
SOUČKOVÁ, Ema. Výzdoba hudebních rukopisů Jana Táborského z Klokotské Hory. Praha: Academia, 2019. ISBN 978-80-200-2866-2. Jana Tvrzníková
Material Research into the Manuscript of Dvůr Králové and the Manuscript of Zelená Hora: The Documentation of Their Current State Karel Křenek, Jana Tvrzníková