The Autograph Album of Herman von Salza
In the past year, a digital copy of the autograph album of the Silesian nobleman Herman von Salza († 1 August 1649) was made accessible online in Manuscriptorium for the first time. The original is held at the State Regional Archives in Plzeň, at the Klášter u Nepomuka branch.
Herman’s autograph album is primarily a record of his cavalier tour of Western Europe in 1619, from which 31 entries survive, most of them by compatriots from Silesian noble families. A smaller portion (11 entries) dates from the years 1626–1640, when Herman was living mostly on his family estate of Kunzendorf (today Niwnice) in Lower Silesia.
Our warm thanks for making the album accessible—which you can view here—go to Jakub Mírka of the State Regional Archives in Plzeň!
