This article deals with the manuscripts and incunabula which come from the Minorite Monastery in Česky Krumlov and are nowadays part of the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. It relates to 8 manuscripts, 6 incunabula and one paleotype, which were acquired by the Museum by purchase in the years 1894–1896, and 2 manuscripts acquired from an estate in 1961.
This article deals with the manuscripts and incunabula which come from the Minorite Monastery in Česky Krumlov and are nowadays part of the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. It relates to 8 manuscripts, 6 incunabula and one paleotype, which were acquired by the Museum by purchase in the years 1894–1896, and 2 manuscripts acquired from an estate in 1961.
This article deals with the manuscripts and incunabula which come from the Minorite Monastery in Česky Krumlov and are nowadays part of the collections of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague. It relates to 8 manuscripts, 6 incunabula and one paleotype, which were acquired by the Museum by purchase in the years 1894–1896, and 2 manuscripts acquired from an estate in 1961.
The article outlines the book culture of the Rudolphine period on the examples of several works by Tycho Brahe (Instruments of the Renewed Astronomy), Johannes Kepler (Somnium: The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy; Conversation with the Starry Messenger) and Galileo Galilei (The Starry Messenger). It is based on both research outcomes that have already been published and those that are being prepared for printing. and Alena Hadravová.