This article deals with three of the four codices described as a group of Bohemian origin by Pächt & Alexander in 1966. The first codex, MS. Add C 21, comes from Central Europe, more likely from Austria. Similar suggestion was made in 1966 already, nevertheless the provenance of the manuscript remains uncertain. The second codex, MS. Laud Misc. 311, is the best one of the group defined. The author believes it comes from the workshop of the Master of Opatovice Breviary, with a possible dating of early 1370’s. Finally, the third codex, MS. Lyell 67, the Speculum humanae salvationis coming from Vyšehrad in Prague may be dated around 1400, according to its watermarks. The coat of arms which can be found in some illuminations allows to suppose that the person ordering this codex came from the important family of noblemen of Riesenburg (in Czech z Oseka) or some related family.
This paper has three main aims. The first part focuses on the Dresden Bible, the oldest translation of the Bible into Czech, which was destroyed during the First World War. The author warns of the difficulties over chronology within the framework of the group of manuscripts around the Dresden Bible and concludes that for the development of the style of its illuminator, the Master Breviary of the Grand Master Leo, this manuscript was of great importance. He also believes this manuscript clearly demonstrated the complexity of the artistic relations between individual illuminator workshops. The second part focuses in the Litoměřice‑Třeboň Bible and mention is also made of Queen Kristýnaʼs Vatican Bible, which the author believes is associated with the Zittau Antiphonary A IV. The variety of iconography in Czech Bibles between 1350 and 1420 is also indicated.
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