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In the breviary NatLibCZ VI F 12a from the first half of the 14th century, various monsters settled in initials! All are the work of a single painter, perhaps a scribe of the manuscript itself. Although their quality is not very high, it brings a great revival to the manuscript.

The scribe of Breviary VI F 3 signed at the end of his venerable writing and painting work (a total of 387 folios and 25 initials)! We know his name - Vilém (William). We know that he completed his work in 1341. The codex was later owned by a Czech Premonstratensian monastery.

The fire has been a fear in recent times. Saint Florian, whose feast falls on today, was supposed to act as a protector against this element - he is also the patron saint of firefighters.
Gradual in Lomnice nad Popelkou XVII A 53b (fol. 186r, boys in the fiery furnace)

Bible (Old Testament) XVII A 36

Bible, or just the Old Testament, XVII A 36 was written at turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. The charming plant borders were inhabited by many animals (monkeys, deer, birds) and one wild man. We could not identify the animal's head further.

The diary of Matthias Chrysostom Günther XXIII G 1 contains records from a trip to France and Italy, when he probably accompanied his charges Jaroslav of Házmburk and Jan Vilém of Házmburk in the 1630s. Some entries are complemented by painted coats of arms of writers.

Instruments of Christ's Passion

National Library CZ XIV A 17 (Passional of Abbess Kunhuta from St. George´s Convent at the Prague Castle, beginning of the 14th century, fol. 10r)

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John 19,30: "“It is finished.”
Book of Hours from Sychrov VI D 25, cca 1500, France
Missale from Chotěšov XIV C 13, middle of the 14th century, Bohemia
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Saint Joseph, fiancé and husband of the Virgin Mary.

Graduale from the Premonstratensian Monastery in Teplá, 1461, Teplá MS E 46
Psalterium, second half of the 13th century, XII G 8, fol. 7r
Graduale, 1574, XVII B 21, fol. 189v
Book of Hours, 1470-1480, XXIII G 89, fol. 35v

On Ash Wednesday, Catholics enter the 40-day fasting period. Believers are given the sign of the cross on their foreheads with ashes obtained from burnt branches consecrated last year on May Sunday. Richenthal's Chronicle VII A 18 fol. 33v, 1470-1480 https://t.co/SKngF9hIfw

At the end of last year, we completed the digitization of part of the manuscripts from the shelf marks National Library CZ V D and V E (22 pieces). These manuscripts dates usually from the 15th (or 14th century), in most cases from Bohemia.