Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts of the Strahov Library

BRODSKÝ, Pavel and PAŘEZ, Jan. Catalogue of the Illuminated Manuscripts of the Strahov Library. 1st ed. Prague: Masaryk Institute and Archive of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2008. 319 p. Studies on Manuscripts. Monographia; 13. Bibliotheca Strahoviensis. Series monographica; 3. ISBN 978-80-86404-22-6.

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The catalogue for the first time comprehensively captures with detailed art-historical and codicological descriptions all the artistically decorated manuscripts of the Strahov Library, spanning from the 10th century to the first quarter of the 17th century. The work thus provides essential information to researchers in the fields of history, auxiliary historical sciences, art history, cultural history, theology, liturgy, and other scientific disciplines. A significant contribution is the fact that it includes not only well-known manuscripts but also previously unknown or insufficiently known monuments, thereby making them accessible to the scholarly public.

Available in Czech language.