Die Organisation des Losbuchs mit 32 Fragen in den Handschriften aus Olmütz, Heidelberg und Edinburgh

• Authors: Jiří Černý , Soňa Černá

Title variants

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The organisation of the Losbuch mit 32 Fragen in manuscripts from Olomouc, Heidelberg and Edinburgh

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

The collections of the Regional Museum in Olomouc include under the title Olmützer Losbuch a German-language illuminated manuscript. It is an example of a type of lot or oracle book widespread in the Middle Ages, namely the text Losbuch mit 32 Fragen. The study examines the organisation of the Olomouc copy as well as the interconnection of its textual and pictorial elements, and it compares the manuscript with related codices from Heidelberg and Edinburgh. In particular, it analyses and compares the individual patterns, i.e. the elements that help the reader understand the structure and contents of the manuscripts.

Keywords

EN

medieval manuscripts; illuminated manuscripts; lot books; oracle books; Olomouc; divination; prognostication

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Masaryk's Institute and Archives, ASCR
• Journal: Studie o rukopisech (Manuscript Studies)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 7-35
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

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Jiří Černý

• Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR, v. v. i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

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Soňa Černá

• Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR, v. v. i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic