Editorial preparation of the songbook of Václav Hanka the elder

Abstract

The paper presents a manuscript songbook of folk songs by Václav Hanka senior from the beginning of the 19th century. It focuses on the description of the manuscript, orthography and the problems that the editors had to deal with when creating the edition (working with space, structuring the text, limitations of readability).

Keywords

• Václav Hanka senior
• folklor studies
• manuscript
• songbook
• editig work
• ortography
• 19th century