Abstract
The aim of this volume is to present different types of medieval Latin texts, introduce sources from the late-medieval Czech lands, and offer help to students of Latin. In addition to presenting a basic introduction to the selected sources, it reflects important trends in contemporary research in medieval studies in the Czech Republic.
Each of the volume's texts is introduced by a discussion of its textual form, as well as the text itself, including its manuscript transmission and the relevant bibliography. Selected excerpts follow; Latin passages are accompanied by a facing-page Czech translation and explanatory notes.
K. Pacovský presents a version of the Benedictine Rule that was adapted for the nuns of the Convent of St.
George at Prague Castle. A.
Ebersonová describes the statutes of the regular canons of Roudnice nad Labem. M.
Dragoun addresses calendars, martyrologies and necrologies. J.
Dienstbier presents prayers that have been preserved as wall paintings. A section devoted to sermons includes three contributions: P.
Soukup introduces two revisions of the Bethlehem sermons by Jan Hus; J. Odstrčilík discusses a Latin translation of Jan Husʼs Czech Sunday Postil, and V.
Večeře presents a classical scholastic sermon by Jindřich of Vildštejn. The treatise genre is represented by Matthew of Janovʼs Regulae Veteris et Novi Testamenti.
P. Cermanová discusses Czech adaptations and interpretations of Western apocalyptic prophecies.
The manifesto is represented by the Manifesto of the representatives of Tábor from 1430 and one of the numerous reactions to this manifesto, that by Nicolaus Magni of Jawor. The epistolary form is represented by a letter of Crux of Telcz.
The planctus form is included through the Mourning over the city of Prague. The section on educational texts includes a lexicon, a disputation, computus, medicine, didactic literature and the art of memory.
Other items include guild statutes, accounts, an urbarium and city administration documents.