This paper is a loose sequel to our 2017 essay “The Hussite Era in the First Edition of Daniel Adam of Veleslavín’s Historical Calendar”, in which we argued that any researcher of an Early Modern Czech historiographic text should thoroughly compare its factual content with the sources it creatively paraphrases, mainly with Václav Hájek of Libočany’s Czech Cronicle. The present article introduces eight Czech manuscripts that emerged in the years 1741–1835 containing passages devoted to the Hussite era and retelling the story of the late 14th and 15th century, each with its own particular angle and emphasis. Since at least six authors are Catholic, their reception of Jan Hus and the militant Utraquist movement is predictably negative; however, our most interesting outputs concern the way historiographers pursued an intertextual discussion with their Humanist predecessors in the first three decades of the 15th century, while paying little or no attention to events that took place after the ratification of the Basel Compacts in 1436.
Při archeologickém výzkumu v ulici Na Poříčí na Novém Městě pražském v r. 2004 byla objevena nádoba, interpretovaná jako ciborium. Je zhotovena tepáním ze stříbrného plechu a zdobena raženým, litým, rytým a cizelovaným dekorem. Kruhový medailon zdobený rytím, zlacením a emailem s postavou Bolestného Krista přidržovaného dvěma anděly prozrazuje vliv frankovlámského prostředí a dovoluje s přihlédnutím k celkovému tvaru nádoby datovat její vznik do doby kolem přelomu 14. a 15. století. Protože nálezová situace svědčí o tom, že se ciborium dostalo do země ve starší fázi 15. stol., je možné jeho ukrytí spojovat s vlnou drancování pražských kostelů a klášterů při husitských obrazoboreckých bouřích. and A vessel interpreted as a ciborium was discovered during archaeological excavations in Na Poříčí St. in Prague’s New Town in 2004. The ciborium is made of wrought silver plate and adorned with stamped, cast, engraved and enchased decoration. A round medallion decorated with engraving, gilding and enamel with the figure of the Crucified Christ held by two angels reveals a strong Franco-Flemish influence and enables, along with the overall shape of the vessel, a dating of its origin to the turn of the 15th century. Since the find context offers evidence that the ciborium was put into the ground sometime at the beginning of the 15th century, it is possible to connect its hiding to the wave of plundering of Prague churches and monasteries during the Hussite iconoclastic turmoil in 1419.