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This article deals with the manuscripts of Bonaventura's Breviloquium held in Czech manuscript collections. The author compares data available from the list of these manuscripts in Opera omnia V (Quaracchi-Florentia 1891) with data from catalogues of individual manuscript collections to make the number of the manuscripts preserved in our libraries more accurate. He recommends the manuscripts themselves should be dealt with to obtain more precise data.
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Since its discovery in 1770, the manuscript known as the Pray Codex has been a subject of particular interest in Hungarian cultural history. The codex was written in the 1190s and has been examined by scholars from many fields, who have approached it from many different points of view. Music history research has been primarily focussed on the Sacramentary, which makes up the corpus of the manuscript. The service book, containing the series of Mass prayers performed by a priest – oratio, secreta and postcommunio, is not one of the liturgical books of a musical genre. However, the Pray Codex is an extended sacramentary, with numerous texts and chants besides the prayers, and its content is closer to the genre of the gradual, processional and missale plenum. Written above the manuscript’s texts and on the margins are chants with neumatic and staff notations from the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century, providing a unique glimpse into the birth and early development of the Esztergom notation (“Graner Choralnotation”). The following essay discusses the musical content of the Pray Codex within the history of plainchant in medieval Hungary and in Central Europe. Special attention is given to influences that affected the liturgy and chant in Hungary in its early formation period and to phenomena which became significant for the later evolution of the repertory.
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The article gives new information on the opera repertoire performed at the stately home at Jaromerice nad Rokytnou, South Moravia, and substantially extends the circle of the relevant scores. The research was based on the group of scores of works by Frantisek Vaclav Mica, the performances of which in Jaromerice are known to have taken place. Similar common features are found in a number of scores of other works performed in Jaromerice (as testified by archive documents), and surviving in Vienna in the collections of the Austrian National Library (Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek) and Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. The bindings of the opera scores, as well as the types of binding and the shape of their labels are common. The hypothesis on the common origin of these scores is also supported by the fact that they were written by the same scribes (altogether four different types of handwriting were identified). Another common feature are Mica's notes, found on the fly-leaves of some of these scores, as well as Count Questenberg's handwriting on several labels and one fly-leaf. At the end of the article, there is a complete list of all known scores from the former Questenberg collection, together with all their common features.
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This contribution deals with the manuscripts of the Wroclaw University Library, in which works by the English reformer John Wyclif (+ 1384) are recorded. It shows that besides one known manuscript dating from the second half of the 15th century, Sg. IV F 7, and containing the work De universalibus, there are two copies of Wyclif's letter to the pope Urban VI (in the manuscripts dating from the first half of the 15th century, Sg. I F 594 and I F 707), and that in the former of the manuscripts mentioned a text dealing with the preparation for taking the Eucharist is recorded too, which otherwise survives in two Viennese manuscripts and is an item of the list of Wyclif's works regarded as dubium. Moreover, the article mentions two Wyclifi an spuria (Sg. I F 733 and I F 570). All these copies came into being as marginalia of the reception of Wyclif's work in Bohemia.
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This article deals with the manuscripts and incunabula which come from the Minorite Monastery in Český Krumlov and are nowadays part of the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. It relates to 8 manuscripts, 6 incunabula and one paleotype, which were acquired by the Museum by purchase in the years 1894–1896, and 2 manuscripts acquired from an estate in 1961.
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This article deals with the ex-Capuchin, chaplain and later parson at the Brno parish church of St James, P. Maurus Simonis (born 1740 - died 1815) and his catalogue of the manuscript library which came into being in the Middle Ages, was permanently maintained at the church and only in 1931 did it become a part of the Brno City Archives. The manuscripts - 125 codices -serve as valuable evidence of book culture in medieval Brno. The definitive catalogue was compiled in 1805, while its first 'critical' version, which does not include all manuscripts, dates from 1802. On the evidence of numerous specimens, this paper analyses the way of describing of external features - watermarks, writing, decoration and binding - as well as the content of individual codices, and it compares the work of P. Simonis with the previously unofficial conclusions of the modern catalogue which is currently at the printers.
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This article brings a codicological analysis of a manuscript belonging to the Carthusian monastery at Tržek near Litomyšl that was found by researching manuscripts relating to Bohemia and held by the Biblioteca Palatina Vaticana. Moreover, the author deals with other preserved manuscripts coming from this monastery and relating to other monasteries of the same order in Bohemia and Moravia in the Middle Ages. Attention is also paid to the destiny of Albert of Sternberg, the founder of the Carthusia.
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Linguistics, the theory of grammar, is the oldest scientific discipline in the history of Slovakia. Its oldest texts are unedited manuscripts or very rare books, existing only in the single copies in the very few public libraries in Slovakia or in the Czech Republic. Therefore, the author proposes to start a series of the commented reprints of these grammars, from the first (Nudozierinus, 1603) to the last one published in Latin (Hattala, 1850). Since Latin is no longer a commonly accessible language, it is necessary to supplement the texts with a (at least Slovak) translation.
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This article deals with manuscripts from the library at the Franciscan Convent of Our Lady of Angels in Hradcany. It follows the way the manuscripts were recorded in the existing catalogues for 1675, 1728, 1850 and 1855. The 1850 catalogue preserves a list of manuscripts which indicates that at the time there were 116 manuscripts in the library. When we inspect the catalogue itself we find that the list is not complete and does not record all the manuscripts detailed in the catalogue (with at least fifteen items missing).
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The collection of the composer and Kapellmeister Gustav Dueben in Uppsala, consisting of about 2,300 handwritten compositions and 25 prints, represents the repertoire performed at the Royal Court in Stockholm between 1640 and 1718. It is the only relatively comprehensive collection of music manuscripts comparable with the collection of the Olomouc Bishop Carl Liechtenstein-Castelcorno in Kromeriz, created 1664-1695, which, according to its 1695 inventory, consisted of 1,397 handwritten manuscripts. In both collections, works by the same 19 composers (Italian and German, who worked mainly, or exclusively, in Italy or the German speaking regions) are found; from Bertali, Schmelzer, Bonifazio and Graziani there are identical compositions in both collections. Comparing the watermarks showed that in each collection the compositions are written on different paper, which, together with the fact that only a small portion of their repertoire is identical, supports the notion that there was no direct link between the Kromeriz and Uppsala collections. From the point of religion and geography, each of them was oriented towards different European culture centres, and the only place common to both was Vienna.
Muzyka
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2006
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vol. 51
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issue 1-2
85-104
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The article describes the characteristics of sources of polyphonic music up to circa 1500 preserved in Poland. Their number is at present estimated to be 72 manuscripts (some 47 of which may be regarded as closely related to the Polish culture). Predominant among them are entries of polyphonic compositions in liturgical or non-musical codices (60%), and fragments (26%). Research into them thus faces a variety of methodological problems. The author demonstrates their nature using two previously unknown minor sources of polyphonic music as examples. He also discusses selected paradigms of interpreting Polish musical culture of the fifteenth century.
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The article deals with Zdenek Fibich's (1850-1900) Variations in B major for piano which Vladimir Hudec, the author of the 'Tematicky katalog Zdenka Fibicha' (Thematic Catalogue of Zdenek Fibich's Works), believed to have been lost. Its complete autograph, however, was recently discovered by the author of this article in the music collection of the Prague Hlahol Choral Society. The discovery of this composition, therefore, has substantially changed the existing knowledge of this work - as shown in the following paper, describing its context, such as the Fibich sources linked to it (including the Moser catalogue and the estate of Stanislav Kamenicky). The article also points out the discrepancies found in the secondary literature.
Slavica Slovaca
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2020
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vol. 55
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issue 1
37 - 45
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The most important canon law texts were translated into Slavic in two stages: in the initial period of the spread of Christianity and in the heyday of independent Slavic states. In Early modern period, the complete codes of canons (Kormchie) were being copied mainly on the territory of the Moscow and Kiev metropolitanates while in the Balkans and Central Europe the Alphabetical Syntagma of Matthew Blastares and the so called Pseudozonar-miscellany were most widespread. The reason for dissemination of the Pseudozonar is the need for self-organization of church communities. This miscellany was open both for replenishment with new texts, including those coming from the Catholic tradition, as well as for local vernacular influences.
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The article deals with manuscript XIII G 25 of the National Library of the Czech Republic, which contains an explanation of part of the Book of Psalms (109-118). The explanation is attributed to the Master of the Prague University and preacher in the Prague Bethlehem Chapel Vaclav of Drachov (about 1395-1469). The author analyses the contents of the codex, the relationship between it and further manuscripts, its provenience and finally, the research results in this field are summarized.
Slavica Slovaca
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2021
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vol. 56
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issue 3
409 - 419
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In the article, two trends in the history of Russian bookwork are traced in the material of manuscripts of the 13th – 15th centuries. One trend is related to the preservation of book traditions of the 11th – 13th centuries and a reference to the works of Old Russian writers of the preceding period. Anthologies of Old Russian original and translated works are being compiled. Manuscript scribes show great interest in the works of Cyril of Turov and Metropolitan Hilarion. The crisis generates new phenomena in church life: an Early Russian redaction of the Kormchaya appears. Local needs were taken into account in the creation of the new legal code of rules and articles. The second issue discussed in the article is related to the manifestations of the second South Slavic influence in Russian bookishness. It notes the coexistence of two spelling norms – early Old Russian and the new Middle Bulgarian (Tărnovsky).The choice of this norm depended largely on the redaction of the rewritten text.
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The article focuses on handwritten prayer books, which represent a significant phenomenon in the context of religious reading in 1750 – 1850. The research is based on studies of twenty manuscripts of Czech and Moravian origin stored in museums and libraries. Attention is paid to a detailed analysis and a reciprocal comparison of handwritten Catholic and Protestant prayer books. It follows their physical form and examines the illustrations. It emphasises the content structure of books including the use of Biblical quotes. It introduces the way of creating texts and the relationship of manuscripts to their printed templates. It puts the topic in a socio-historical context. It also notes different roles of the handwritten prayer book in everyday life of the faithful of two confessions, as well as the indisputable importance in the Baroque folk piety.
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Výzdoba Misálu z Načeradce

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The missal of Naceradec is a modest codex from an artistic point of view. Its decoration is limited to one figural illumination only - a canon depiction of the Crucifixion; besides this, the manuscript contains only filigree initials and clerical capitals. The quality of its figural decoration is comparatively high. Its style is post-classical Gothic; linear pleats of the draperies imply a date in the beginning of the 14th century. Only a few analogies can be found in simultaneous book painting, e.g. in the decoration of the manuscripts of Eliska (Elisabeth) Rejcka, but these analogies are not immediate. Some correspondence, however, can be found in monumental art, more precisely in mural painting.
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Th e author of this article speaks on the topic canon procedural law in Prague at the turn of 14th and 15th century. Th ere is tractate Processus iudiciarius secundum stilum Pragensem written by general vicar of Prague archbishop Nicolaus Puchnik in the 2nd half of the 80's of 14th century. Th e main purpose of the article is paleographical, codicological and contentual analysis of all preserved manuscripts (13 pieces) of Processus and make filiation diagram. High concern is focused on diff erences in personal and geographical names in manuscripts which are very important for providing origin and filiation analysis. All these names and dates are highlited because the author considers them to be very important for provenance fixing. Th ere are presented two filiation diagrams. Th e article is attached by chart with chronological order of all manuscripts.
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This study deals with the Ottoman art of book ornamentation, and its evolution and development between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. This period of development will be explained by considering bookbinding methods and techniques, and materials. Our interpretations are supported by binding samples selected from various libraries. Bookbinding samples, made with different materials by using different techniques, were selected in order to show differences among them in terms of this development and evolution. Generally speaking the study examines the development of the bookbinding art in the Ottoman Empire through the stated centuries. This study will not include comparison with European bookbinding practices as European influence upon the binding art in the Ottoman Empire began in the nineteenth century.
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Středověký plenář z Načeradce

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The plenarium of Naceradec belongs to the ten eldest diocesan missals which have been preserved in Bohemia and Moravia. It can be dated to the second decade of the 14th century according to its script and decoration. Only a small part of the ordinarium and de tempore of the proper missal have been preserved. The original calendar was substituted for a new one at the beginning of the 15th century. Municipal scribes recorded in the free margins of the codex a series of memorial entries which became a pretious source of knowledge of the everyday life in the second half of the 16th and in the first half of the 17th centuries.
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