The Reception of Antiquity in Bohemian Book Culture from the Beginning of Printing until 1547
By (author) Kamil Boldan By (author) Borek Neskudla By (author) Petr Voit
Hardback (Published)
(March 2015)
ISBN: 9782503551791
6.06 x 9.45 inches
Price: $107.00
In stock
This volume presents the historical development and important personalities of the time of transition from manuscript book culture to book printing in the years 1450-1550. The first part of the volume contains a thorough description of historical, social and technical background influencing the development of book printing in Bohemia and Moravia and the impact of book printing production on the contemporary Czech society. The authors described the specific historical conditions in the Kingdom of Bohemia after the pre-reformation Hussite movement. The newly emerged Utraquist confession spread in important parts of Bohemia which led to decrease of social and economic contacts between the Kingdom of Bohemia and Catholic states in Europe. Apart from that the decreased activity of Prague University had negative impact on literacy in Bohemia. These two main reasons were detrimental to the development of book printing in Bohemia. The low quality of first prints was not attractive for educated readers who rather chose better equipped foreign books, mainly in Latin. Book printing in Bohemia soon became a matter of closed Czech speaking public. One of the important consequences of this process was weak reception of humanism and classical antiquity in Czech culture, although the former was partly embraced in Bohemia in previous centuries anyway. The second part of the book presents the first printers and editors of printed books before 1550 with a summary of their publishing activities.
Kamil Boldan works in the National Library of Czech Republic and is a researcher in the history of incunabula and history of late medieval libraries. Borek Nekudla works in the Strahov Library in Prague and his main scientific interest is history of books and libraries and the reception of Classical Antiquity in Renaissance. Petr Voit works in the Strahov Library in Prague. His main scientific interest is history of book culture and early book printing. He is the author of a voluminous Encyclopedia of Books and Book Printing.
- By (author) Kamil Boldan
- By (author) Borek Neskudla
- By (author) Petr Voit
Other Titles in this Series
Similar Books
Antike und Antikerezeption in sächsischen Museen
Bestandsentwicklung – Ausstellungsgeschichte – Technologiewandel
Haben wollen!
20 Jahre NS-Provenienzforschung an den Bibliotheken, Archiven und Sammlungen der Universität Wien
Incunaboli a Monreale
Biblioteca comunale 'Santa Maria La Nuova' e Biblioteca del Seminario Arcivescovile 'Ludovico II de Torres'
Volume 10
Incunabula Gottingensia. Inkunabelkatalog der Niedersachsischen Staats-…
Band 4: Abteilungen Pharmacia bis Einblattdrucke. Register und Konkordanzen fur Band 1 bis 4
Book Collections as Archaeological Sites
A Study of Interconnectedness and Meaning in the Historical Library of the Canonesses Regular of Soeterbeeck
Late Medieval and Early Modern Libraries
Knowledge Repositories, Guardians of Tradition and Catalysts of Change
Volume 68
Ma poussiere est l’or du temps
Autobiographie de La Bibliotheque recueillie et mise en etat par Lucien X. Polastron, usager
Scottish Manuscripts & English Manuscripts in Scotland. Fascicle I
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Volume 10
Germanistik im 21. Jahrhundert: Verbindungen – Verknüpfungen – Vernetzungen I
Inter- und transdisziplinäre Perspektiven
Volume 29
Germanistik im 21. Jahrhundert: Verbindungen – Verknüpfungen – Vernetzungen II
Literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven
Volume 30
