Medieval Manuscripts from the National Library of the Czech Republic

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Another group of digitised documents from the NL CR comprises 19 medieval codices. The oldest of them is manuscript IV.D.7, which was mostly written around the middle of the 11th century in the scriptorium of the Břevnov monastery, the earliest documented scriptorium in the Czech lands; it contains homilies on the Gospels by Pope Gregory I. The other codices also come from the Czech lands. They were written in the 13th–15th centuries. They include theological works (i.a. by the Church Fathers Augustine, Jerome, Gregory and Isidore of Seville), Biblical exegeses (e.g. by Haimo of Auxerre, Honorius of Autun, Nicholas of Lyra, Nicholas of Gorran), preaching and to a lesser extent ecclesiastical-legal texts, rhetorical, astronomical and philosophical texts. Liturgical manuscripts are represented by a breviary from the second half of the 13th century (IV.D.9), which was, based on some rubrics, most likely used at the church of St Vitus at Prague Castle. Illuminated manuscripts include IV.D.10 (a figural initial depicting the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus, with two figures on the sides) and IV.E.19 (ornamental initials).

 

List of documents

Textus polemiciIV.C.11; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
Textus variiIV.C.24; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
Textus variiIV.E.8; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
Gregorius papa I. (Magnus): Homiliae quadraginta in evangeliaIV.D.7; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
az-Zarquali (Arzachel): Canones tabularumIV.E.11; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita: Tractatus varii et epistolae cum expositioneIV.E.23; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
Textus variiIV.C.27; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
Martinus de Horzepnik: Glossa in I-XII libros Metaphysicae Aristotelis cum textu eiusdemIV.E.19; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
Textus variiIV.B.11; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
Sermones in Cantica canticorum et alii textusIV.C.8; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko
BreviariumIV.D.9; Národní knihovna České republiky; Praha; Česko

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