The manuscript of the Carthusian monastery at Tržek in the Biblioteca Palatina Vaticana and new information about the founder of the Carthusia at Tržek Albert of Sternberg Cover Image

Rukopis kartuziánského kláštera v Tržku ve vatikánské knihovně Palatina a nové poznatky k osobě zakladatele tržecké kartouzy Alberta ze Šternberka
The manuscript of the Carthusian monastery at Tržek in the Biblioteca Palatina Vaticana and new information about the founder of the Carthusia at Tržek Albert of Sternberg

Author(s): Stanislav Petr
Subject(s): Middle Ages
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Masarykův ústav
Keywords: Cartusians; library; manuscripts

Summary/Abstract: This article brings a codicological analysis of a manuscript belonging to the Carthusian monastery at Tržek near Litomyšl that was found by researching manuscripts relating to Bohemia and held by the Biblioteca Palatina Vaticana. Moreover, the author deals with other preserved manuscripts coming from this monastery and relating to other monasteries of the same order in Bohemia and Moravia in the Middle Ages. Attention is also paid to the destiny of Albert of Sternberg, the founder of the Carthusia.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 19-54
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Czech