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Research Resources for Medievalists in the Czech Republic
(Sources for Bohemia and Moravia and adjacent regions)
1. Archival Resources
1.1. Description of archives
Bystricky, Vladimir and Vaclav Hruby. Pfehled archivu CSR. [An overview of the Archives
of Czech Socialist Republic] Prague: Archivni sprava MV CSR, 1984. Contains large
bibliographies of inventories to archival fonds of individual archives; a modern handbook
is in preparation; with large bibliography for archival sources; for up-to-date information
see http://www.cesarch.cz.
Volf, Miloslav. Popis mestskych archivu v Cechdch. [A description of town archives in
Bohemia] Prague: Zemsky narodni vybor v Praze, 1947. Brief description of the archives
of all the Czech towns.
1.2. Archival inventories
Pfehled archivnich pomucek apublikaci Statniho ustfedniho archivu v Praze. [An overview
of archival aids and publications of the State Central Archive in Prague] 2 vols. Prague:
Statni ustfedni archiv, 1979.
Narodni archiv [National Archive, Prague]
(the present name valid only since 1 January 2005; before that date Statni Ustfedni Archiv
(SUA), State Central Archives)
Archivni 4/2257, CZ-149 01 Praha4 (for all correspondence), Czech Republic
Milady Horakove 133 (the medieval holdings are kept here)
Tel: +420 974821115 Fax.: +420 974847214
http://www.nacr.cz, http://www.mvcr.cz/archivy/index.htm
The most important fond is the "Archive of the Czech Crown (1158-1871)" with 1971
medieval charters (until 1526), out of which 1426 charters are older than 1420 (pre-Hussite),
most of them from the period of Charles IV. The charters are of state and land importance.
Concerning the church history in the medieval period, there are archives of the Prague
Archbishopric, archives of the Collegiate Chapter in Vysehrad, and the archives of the
religious orders - the archives of the monasteries dissolved by Emperor Joseph II (1740-
1790), archives of some central-Bohemian monasteries, the Archives of the Franciscan
Province etc. The fonds themselves can be looked up on the Internet, the actual documents can
be searched only in the printed inventories in the archives.
Guides to fonds: "Pruvodce po Ustfednim archivu ministerstva vnitra v Praze." [A guide of
the Central archives of the ministry of interior in Prague] Sbornik archivnich praci2.2
(1952).
Statni ustfedni archiv Praha: Pruvodce po archivnich fondech. [State Central archive Prague:
a guide to archival fonds] Vol. 2. Prague: Archivni sprava Ministerstva vnitra, 1955.
1.3. Czech Archives with significant medieval holdings
State Regional Archives in Tfebon
Zamek, CZ-379 11 Tfebon, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 384721128, 384721511, 384721346 Fax: +420 384721346
e-mail: soatbfojtiscali.cz http://www.ceskearchivy.cz
(branches in Ceske Budejovice, Cesky Krumlov, Jindfichuv Hradec)
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The archives are based on the archival collections of the Rozmberk, Svamberk and
Schwarzenberg families. The archives contains a large number of documents concerning the
Rozmberks and the state affairs in the medieval period (collection Historica). Many fonds of
noble families and the south-Bohemian estates are kept here.
Guides to fonds: Statni archiv v Tfeboni. Pruvodcepo archivnich fondech. [State archives in
Tfebon: a guide to archival fonds] 4 vols. Prague, 1957-1959.
Kalny, A. et al. Soupis fondu asbirek, Statni oblastni archiv Tfebon. [List of fonds and
collections: state regional archives of Tfebon] Ceske Budejovice, 1981.
Moravian Land Archives in Brno
Koliste 13, CZ-657 80 Brno (centre); Zerotinovo nam. 3/5pp 1, CZ-656 01 Brno (study hall),
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 545534301; 542162008 (study hall) Fax: +420 545247391; 541211489 (study hall)
e-mail: mzabrno@mvcr.cz, badatelna.mza@seznam.cz
The most important collection in the archives is the archive of the Estates of Moravia - a great
number of medieval charters concerning Moravia; the Land registers of Moravia (since 1348).
The archives is also particularly important for the fonds of the monastic institutions of
Moravia and family archives of important noble families (with many documents from the
eleventh to fifteenth centuries).
Guides to fonds: Pruvodce po Statnim archivuv Brne. [Guide to the State archives in Brno]
Brno, 1954; Statni archiv v Brne. Pruvodce po archivnich fondech. [State archives in
Brno: a guide to archival fonds] Vol. 2. Brno, 1964. Vol. 3. Brno, 1966.
Land Archives in Opava
Snemovni 1, CZ-746 22 Opava, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 553 607 240 Fax: +420 553 607 247
e-mail: podatelna@zao.archives.cz
Olomouc branch:
U Husova sboru 10, CZ-771 11 Olomouc
Tel: +420 585220919, 585225023 Fax: +420 585221287
In Opava it contains land documents of (the "Austrian") Silesia and the Opava region. The
Olomouc branch keeps the archival fonds of the (Arch)bishopric of Olomouc and the
Metropolitan chapter - with a large number of medieval charters and a medieval chapter
library.
Guide to fonds: Statni archiv v Opave. Pruvodce po archivnich fondech. [State archives in
Opava: a guide to archival fonds] 4 vols. Prague, 1955-1961.
State District Archives of Ceske Budejovice
Rudolfovska 40, CZ-370 10 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Tel/Fax: +420 386701214
e-mail: sokacb@quick.cz http://www.ceskearchivy.cz/soka-cb
The archive contains the town archive of Ceske Budejovice with an excellent collection of
medieval city charters.
State District Archives of Jihlava
Fritzova 19, CZ-586 01 Jihlava, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 567301963 Fax: +420 567322067
e-mail: archiv@archivjihlava.cz
The archive contains the town archive of Jihlava with a good collection of medieval charters
and letters and an excellent series of town books and registers.
State District Archives of Olomouc
U Husova sboru 10, CZ-771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Tel: +420 585236111, 585236101 Fax: +420 585236152
e-mail: podatelna@ol.archives.cz http://www.archives.cz/olomouc
The archive contains the city archives of Olomouc with a substantial number of medieval
charters and letters and a good collection of city books and registers.
Catalogue of the charters: Spacil, Vladimir. Sbirka listin Archivu Mesta Olomouce 1261-
1793: Inventor. [Collection of charters of the City Archives of Olomouc, 1261-1793: an
Inventory] Olomouc: SOkA Olomouc, 1998.
State District Archives of Cheb
Frantiskanske namesti 14, CZ-350 02 Cheb, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 354422556, 354422557 Fax: +420 354423491
e-mail: sokacheb@iol.cz http://www.archivcheb.cz
Holds a very good collection of medieval charters of the city of Cheb given by its position in
the imperial area.
Siegl, K. DieKataloge desEgererStadtarchivs. Eger, 1900.
Sturm, H. Das Archiv des Stadt Eger: Schriften iiber sudetendeutsches Archivwesen I. Eger,
1936.
Municipal archives of Prague
Archivni 6, CZ-149 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 236004017; 236004012 (study hall) Fax: +420 272932632
e-mail: badatelna@cityofprague.cz http://www.ahmp.cz
Contains fonds of the administration of the individual Prague towns (Stare Mesto, Nove
Mesto, Hradcany, Mala Strana, Jewish town) - charters, town registers (since 1310).
Guide to fonds: Archiv hlavniho mesta Prahy. Pruvodcepo fondech a sbirkach. [Archives of
the capital Prague: a guide to fonds and collections] Prague, 1955.
Municipal archives of Plzen
Veleslavinova 19, CZ-305 77 Plzen
Tel: +420 378032600-01, 04-11 Fax: +420 378032602
http://info.plzen-city.cz/article.asp?sec=443
Among many other fonds related to the city itself (e.g. the friaries in the city) contains the city
archives of Plzen, one of the most important royal cities of Bohemia in the Middle Ages (a
large number of medieval charters and city registers).
Guide to fonds: Belohlavek, Miloslav. Archiv mesta Plzne: pruvodce po fondech a sbirkach.
[The city archives of Plzen: a guide to fonds and collections] Plzen: Zapadoceske
nakladatelstvi, 1987.
Municipal archives of Brno
Dominikanske nam. 1, CZ-601 67 Brno (medieval holdings); Pfedni 2, 618 00 Brno-
Cernovice (centre), Czech Republic
Tel: +420 542 172 140, 542 172 141 (Dominikanske nam.); +420 548 129 616, 548 129 620
Fax: +420 548 210 083 (Pfedni)
http://www.archiv.brno.cz
Contains a considerable number of medieval charters of the city archives, city registers, a
medieval library of the town school of St James's and the written documents related to the
school itself and a Brno humanist Jan Thabrarr, documents related to the monastery of
Oslavany and the city churches.
Guide to fonds: Dfimal, Jaroslav. Archiv mesta Brna: Pruvodce po fondech a sbirkach. [The
city archives of Brno: a guide to fonds and collections] Prague: Archivni sprava
Ministerstva vnitra, 1956.
Archives of the Prague Castle
CZ-119 80 Praha 1 - Hrad, Czech Republic
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Tel: +420 224373165, 234303165 Fax.: +420 224373257, 234303257
e-mail: archivph@hrad.cz http://old.hrad.cz/castle/archiv
Contains among modern fonds the archive and the library of the Metropolitan Chapter at St
Vitus in Prague with the oldest and most precious manuscripts in the Czech Republic.
Inventory: Ersil, Jaroslav a Jifi Prazak. Archivprazske metropolitni kapitufy. [Archives of the
Prague Metropolitan Chapter] 2 vols. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1956, 1986. (Vol. 1,
charters and letters to 1419; Vol. 2, 1420-1561).
Podlaha, Antonin. Catalogus incunabulorum, quae in bibliotheca Capituli metropolitani
Pragensis asservantur. Prague, 1926.
2. Major Publications of Laws and Charters
*=calendars (regesta)
Archiv cesky. 38 vols. Prague, 1840-; mainly 14th—16th century Czech texts; charters, letters,
and laws; description of all the pre-1500 volumes in Starocesky slovnik: IJvodni stati,
soupispramenu a zkratek. [Old-Czech dictionary: introductory articles, list of sources and
abbreviations] ed. Jaromir Belie, Prague: Academia, 1968, 58-60.
Archiv Ceske koruny: Edice faksimili. [Archives of the Czech Crown: facsimile edition] 4
vols. Praha: Archivni sprava MV CSR, 1978-1987. 4 vols, of calendars in Czech and
Latin, 4 vols, collection of facsimile editions of the charters.
Bachmann, Adolf, ed. Urkunden undActenstiicke zur osterreichischen Geschichte im Zeitalter
KaiserFreidrichs III. undKbnig Georgs von Bbhmen (1440-1471). (Fontes rerum
Austriacarum II, 42). Vienna, 1879.
Bachmann, Adolf, ed. Urkundliche Nachtrdge zur Osterreichisch-deutschen Geschichte im
Zeitalter Kaiser Friedrich III. (Fontes rerum Austriacarum II, 46). Vienna, 1892.
Bistficky, Jan, Frantisek Spurny, Ludvik Vaclavek, and Metodej Zemek, eds. Moravske a
slezske listiny liechtensteinskeho archivu ve Vaduzu. [Moravian and Silesian charters of
the Liechtenstein archives in Vaduz] Vol. 1, 1173-1380. Brno, 1991.
Bocek, Antonin et al., eds. Codex diplomaticus et epistolarisMoraviae. 15 vols. Olomouc,
1836-1845 (4 vols.), Brno, 1850-1903.
Borovy, Clemens, and Antonin Podlaha, eds. Hbri erectionum archidioecesis Pragensis
saeculoXIVetXV. 6 vols. Prague, 1875-1927.
Brandl, Vincenc, ed. Kniha Tovacovskd aneb Pana Ctibora z Cimburka a z Tovacova Pamet
obyceju, radii, zvyklosti staroddvnych a fizeniprdva zemskeho v Mar. Mor. [The Tovacov
book: Ctibor of Cimburk and Tovacov's memory of customs, rules, old traditions and
administration of the Land law in the Magravate of Moravia] Brno, 1868.
Brandl, Vincenc and Bertold Bretholz, eds. Hbri citationum et sententiarum seu Knihy
puhonne analezove. 7 vols. Brno, 1872-1911.
Chlumecky, Peter et al., eds. Tabulae terrae margraviatus Moraviae /Desky zemske
markrabstvi moravskeho / Die landtafel desMarkgrafthums. (Olomouc, Brno). 6 vols.
Brno, 1856-1947; Prague, 1950-1957.
Celakovsky, Jaromir, Gustav Friedrich, and Antonin Haas, eds. Codex iuris municipalis regni
Bohemiae / Sbirka pramenu prdva mestskeho krdlovstvi ceskeho. 4 vols. Prague, 1886-
1961.
Coupkova, Magdalena, ed. Nejstarsi uherskohradist'skd mestskd kniha. liber negotiorum
civitatis Hradisch. [The oldest town register of Uherske Hradiste] Uherske Hradiste,
2001.
Demuth, K. J., I. Tkac, and W. Saliger, eds. Quellen-Schriften zur Geschichte Mdhrens und
Osterr. -Schlesiens /Monumenta rerum Bohemico-Moravicarum et Silesiacarum. Sectio
II, leges et statuta. 3 vols. Brno and Uherske Hradiste, 1858-1882.
Emler, Josef, ed. Reliquiae tabularum terrae Regni Bohemiae anno MCXII igne
consumptarum /Pozustatky desk zemskych Krdlovstvi ceskeho r. 1541 pohofelych. 2 vols.
Prague, 1870-1872.
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Emler, Josef, ed. Decern registra censuum bohemica compilata aetate bellum husiticum
praecedente /Deset urbdfu ceskych z doby pfed vdlkami husitskymi. Prague, 1881.
Erben, Karel Jaromir et al., eds. Regesta diplomatica nec non epistolaria Bohemiae et
Moraviae. 1 vols. Prague, 1855-2000. (so far until 1363)
Ersil, Jaroslav and Jiff Prazak, eds. Archiv prazske metropolitnikapituly (Archives of the
Metropolitan chapter in Prague). Vol. 1, Katalog listin a listu z doby pfedhusitske (—
1419). [Catalogue of charters and letters from the pre-Hussite period] Vol. 2. Katalog
listin a listu z let 1420-1561 (Catalogue of charters and letters from 1420-1561). Prague,
1956-1986.
Fasseau, A. S., ed. Collectio synodorum et statutorum almae dioecesis Olomucenae in IV.
partes distributa. Rezii, 1766.
Flodr, Miroslav, ed. Prdvni kniha mesta Brna zpoloviny 14. stoleti. [The law book of Brno
from the mid-fourteenth century] 3 vols. Brno, 1990-1993.
Friedrich, Gustav, ed. Tabulae curiae regalisperBohemiam/Desky dvorske krdlovstvi
ceskeho. 8 vols. Prague, 1921-1944.
Friedrich, Gustav et al., eds. Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris regniBohemiae. 5 vols.
Prague, Olomouc, 1904-2002. So far until 1278, in preparation up to 1310.
Historicky archiv. 52 vols. Prague, 1893-1949.
Hofler, Karl, ed. Concilia Pragensia 1353-1413. Prague, 1861.
Hlavacek, Ivan and Zdenka Hledikova, eds. Protocollum visitationis archidiaconatus
Pragensis annis 1379-1382perPaulum de Janowicz archidiaconumPragensem factae.
Prague, 1973.
Hlavacek, Ivan and Zdenka Hledikova. Nichtbohemikale Mittelalterliche Orginalurkunden in
den bbhmischen Ldndern. Koln-Wien: Bohlau, 1977.
Jirecek, Hermenegild, ed. Codex iurisBohemici. 5 vols. Prague, 1867-1898.
Jensovska, Vera, Vladimir Vavfinek, and Bozena Kopickova, eds. Regesta Bohemiae et
Moraviae aetatis VenceslaiIV. 4 vols. Prague, 1967-1989. (1378-1419) (fifth volume in
preparation)
Klicman, Ladislav et al., eds. Monumenta Vaticana res gestas Bohemicas illustrantia. 7 vols.
+ tomus prodromus. Prague, 1903-2003. (1305-1431)
Kopickova, Bozena and Anezka Vidmanova, eds. Listy na obranu Husovu z let 1410-1412.
Konec jedne legendy? [The letters in defense of Jan Hus from 1410-1412: End of a
legend?] Prague, 1999.
Koss, Rudolf, and Antonin Haas, eds. Archiv Koruny ceske (Archives of the Czech Crown),
vols. 2-6. Katalog listin (1158-1526) (A catalogue of charters, 1158-1526). Praha, 1926-
1958.*
Lechner, Karl, ed. Die dltesten Belehnungs- und Lehengerichtsbticher des Bisthums Olmutz.
Brno, 1902.
Neumann, Augustin, ed. Noveprameny k dejindm husitstvi na Morave. [New sources to the
history of husitism in Moravia] Olomouc, 1930.
Palacky, Frantisek, ed. Urkundliche Beitrdge zur Geschichte des Hussitenkrieges vom Jahre
1419 an. 2 vols. Prague, 1873.
Palacky, Frantisek, ed. Urkundliche Beitrdge zur Geschichte Bbhmens und seiner
Nachbarldnder im Zeitalter Georgs von Podiebrad 1450-1471. (Fontes rerum
Austriacarum II, 20). Vienna, 1860.
Patschowski, Alexander, ed. Quellen zur bbhmischen Inquisition im 14. Jahrhundert. (MGH,
Quellen zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, vol. 11). Weimar, 1979.
Patkova, Hana, ed. Berni knihy StarehoMestaprazskeho (1427-1434) /Libri collectarum
Antiquae civitatisPragensis 1427-1434. Prague, 1996.
Podlaha, Antonin, ed. Liber ordinationum cleri 1395-1416. Prague, 1922.
Pole, Jaroslav V. and Zdenka Hledikova, eds. Prazske synody a koncilypfedhusitske doby
[Prague synods and councils of pre-Hussite period]. Prague, 2002.
Rynesova, Blazena, and J. Pelikan, eds. Listdf a listindf Oldficha z Rozmberka, 4 vols.
Prague, 1929-1954.
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Scriptores rerum Silesiacarum. Wroclaw, 1835-1902.
Spacil, Vladimir. Sbirka listin Archivu Mesta Olomouce 1261-1793: Inventdf. [The collection
of charters of the Archives of Olomouc, 1261-1793: an inventory] Olomouc: SOkA
Olomouc, 1998.*
Spacil, Vladimir, ed. Nejstarsi mestskd kniha olomouckd (Liber actuum notabilium) z let
1343-1420. [The oldest town register of Olomouc] Olomouc, s.d.
Spacilova, Libuse and Vladimir Spacil, ed. Pamdtnd kniha olomouckd z let 1430-1492, 1528.
[The memorable town register of Olomouc from 1430-1492, 1528] Olomouc, 2004.
Sebanek, Jindfich. Archivy zrusenych kldsteru moravskych a slezskych. [Archives of the
dissolved monasteries of Moravia and Silesia] Vol. 1, Inventdf pergamenu z let 1078-
1471 [Inventory of the parchments, 1078-1471] Brno, 1932.*
Svabensky, Mojmir. A 1 - Stavovske listiny 1212-1847. Katalog. [Moravian Charters of the
Estates, 1212-1847] Brno, 1965.*
Tadra, Ferdinand, ed. Acta iudiciaria consistorii Pragensis /Soudni akta konsistofe Prazske. 1
vols. (Historicky archiv, 1, 2, 8, 11, 15, 18, 21). Prague, 1893-1901.
Tadra, Ferdinand, ed. Cancellaria Arnesti: Formelbuch des ersten Prager Erzbischofs Arnest
vonPardubic. Vienna, 1880.
Tingl, F. A., and Josef Emler, eds. Libri confirmationum ad beneflcia ecclesiastica Pragensem
per archidioecesim. 10 vols. Prague, 1865-1889.
3. Manuscript Resources
3.1. Catalogues
3.1.1. General
Bohacek, Miroslav and Frantisek Cada. Beschreibung der mittelalterlichen Handschriften der
Wissenschaftlichen Staatsbibliothek von Olmutz. Koln-Weimar-Vienna: Bohlau, 1994.
Registerband. Cologne, Weimar, Vienna: Bohlau, 1998.
Brodsky, Pavel. Katalog iluminovanych rukopisu Knihovny Ndrodniho muzeavPraze.
[Catalogue of the illuminated manuscripts of the Library of the National Museum, Prague]
Praha: KLP, 2000.
Dolch, Walther. Katalog der deutschen Handschriften der k. k. Universitdtsbibliothek zu
Prag. Vol. 1, Die Handschriften bis etwa z. J. 1550. Prague, 1909. German MSS, mainly
sign. XVI.
Hoffmann, Frantisek. Soupis rukopisu knihovny kldsterapremonstrdtu Tepid. [Catalogue of
MSS of the library of the Premonstratensian monastery Tepla] 2 vols. Prague, 1999.
Hoffmann, Frantisek. Soupis rukopisu Stdtniho okresniho archivu v Jihlave. [Catalogue of
MSS of the district archives of Jihlava] Jihlava, 2001.
Novy, Rostislav. Mestske knihy v Cechdch a naMorave 1310-1526: Katalog. [Town registers
in Bohemia and Moravia 1310-1526] (Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Philosophica et
historica4). Prague: Universita Karlova, 1963.
Patera, Adolf and Antonin Podlaha. Soupis rukopisu knihovny metropolitni kapituly prazske.
[Catalogue of the manuscripts of the Prague cathedral chapter] 2 vols. Prague, 1910-1922.
Plocek, Vaclav. Catalogus codicum notis musicis instructorum, qui in Bibliothecapublico rei
publicae Bohemicae Socialisticae in Bibliotheca universitatis Pragensis servantur I—II.
Prague, 1973.
Svobodova, Milada. Katalog ceskych a slovenskych rukopisu sign. XVII ziskanych Ndrodni
(Universitni) knihovnou po vyddni Truhldfova katalogu z roku 1906. [Catalogue of Czech
and Slovak MSS sign. XVII obtained by the National (University) library after the
publication of Truhlaf's catalogue in 1906] Praha, 1996.
Tosnerova, Marie, red. Pruvodce po rukopisnych fondech v Ceske republice. [Guide to the MS
collections in the Czech republic] Vol. \,Rukopisnefondy zdmeckych, hradnich a
paldcovych knihoven. [MS collections of castle, chateau, and palace libraries] Vol. 2,
Rukopisne fondy archivu v Ceske republice [MS collections of the archives in the Czech
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republic] Vol. 3, Rukopisnefondy muzei a galerii v Ceske republice [MS collections of
museums and galleries in the Czech republic] Prague: Archiv Akademie ved CR, 1995,
1998,2001.
Truhlaf, Josef. Catalogus codicum manu scriptorum latinorum qui in C. R. Bibliotheca
publico atque universitatisPragensis asservanturI—II. Pragae, 1905, 1906. Latin mss,
sign. I-VIII, IX-XV.
Truhlaf, Josef. Katalog ceskych rukopisu c. k. vefejne a universitni knihovnyprazske.
[Catalogue of Czech MSS of the Prague imperial royal public and university library]
Praha, 1906. (Czech mss, sign. XVII)
Weber [Kadlec], Jaroslav, Pavel Spunar, and Josef Tfiska. Soupis rukopisu v Tfeboni a v
Ceskem Krumlove. [A list of manuscripts in Tfebon and Cesky Krumlov] Prague: CSAV,
1958.
3.1.2. Incunabula
Dokoupil, Vladislav. Soupis prvotisku z fondu Universitni knihovny v Brne. [A list of
incunabula of the university library in Brno] Prague, 1970.
Klausnerova, Eva. Prvotisky Statni vedecke knihovny v Plzni /Incunabula quae in Bibliotheca
scientiarumpublicaPilsnae asservantur. Plzen, 1990.
Louda, Jin. Soupis prvotisku Universitni knihovny v Olomouci a jeji pobocky v Kromefizi. [A
list of incunabula of the university library in Olomouc and its branch in Kromenz] Prague,
1956.
Podlaha, Antomn. Catalogus incunabulorum, quae in bibliotheca Capituli metropolitani
Pragensis asservantur. Prague, 1926.
Riedl, Mirko. Katalog prvotisku jihoceskych knihoven/ Catalogus incunabulorum quae in
bibliothecis Bohemiae meridionalis asservantur. Prague, 1974.
Simakova, Jitka and Jaroslav Vrchotka. Katalog prvotisku Knihovny Ndrodniho muzea a
zameckych a hradnich knihoven v Ceske republice. [Catalogue of incunabula of the
Library of the National Museum and castle and chateaux libraries of the Czech Republic]
Prague: KLP, 2001.
Zmrzla, Milena. Soupis prvotisku z historickych fondu Statni vedecke knihovny Zdehka
Nejedleho v Hradci Krdlove. [A list of incunabula of historical fonds of the State research
library of ZdenekNejedly in Hradec Kralove] Hradec Kralove, 1983.
3.3. Main Libraries with substantial Manuscript Collections
Narodni knihovna v Praze [National Library in Prague]
Historicke a hudebni fondy [Historical and music fonds]
Klementinum 190, CZ-110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 221 663 280 e-mail: orst@nkp.cz
http://www.nkp.cz
Knihovna Narodniho muzea [Library of the National Museum]
Oddeleni rukopisu a starych tisku [Manuscript and Old Prints Department]
Vaclavske namesti 68, CZ-110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 224497345 e-mail: marta_vaculinova@nm.cz
http://www.nm.cz/knm/index.htm
Strahovska knihovna, Strahovsky klaster [Strahov library, Strahov monastery, Prague]
Strahovske namesti 1/132, CZ-118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 233355712, 233107710 Fax: +420 233355712
e-mail: strahovprem@mbox.vol.cz
http://www.strahovsky klaster.cz/index2.asp?zobraz=knihovna&lang=2
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Moravska zemska knihovna v Brne [Moravian Land Library]
Oddeleni rukopisu a starych tisku [Manuscript and Old Prints Department]
Kounicova 65a, CZ-601 87 Brno, Czech Republic
Tel: +420 541 646 157 Fax: +420 541 646 100 (central)
e-mail: rukopisy@mzk.cz http://www.mzk.cz
Vedecka knihovna v Olomouci [Research library in Olomouc]
Bezrucova 2, CZ-779 11 Olomouc 9, Czech Republic
Tel: (Reading room of historical fonds) +420 585223441, ext. 385 Fax: +420 585225774
e-mail: hf@vkol.cz http://www.vkol.cz
4. Major editions of narrative texts
4.1. Guides
Tyl, Zdenek. "Soupis pramenu staroceskeho slovniku a jejich zkratek." [List of the sources of
the Old-Czech dictionary and their abbreviations] In Starocesky slovnik: IJvodni stati,
soupis pramenu a zkratek. [Old-Czech dictionary: introductory articles, list of sources and
abbreviations] ed. Jaromir Belie, Prague: Academia, 1968, 50-118.
4.2. Edition series (medieval period up to the early 16th century)
Clavis monumentorum litterarum. Vol. 1, Cechovni knihaprazskych malifu. [Liber Societatis
pictorum Pragensium] 1348-1527. ed. Hana Patkova, Prague 1996. Vol. 2, Paulerinus
(Pavel Zidek). Liber viginti arcium (ff. 185ra-190rb). ed. Alena Hadravova, Praha, 1997.
Dobner, Gelasius, ed. Monumenta historica Boemiae. 6 vols. Prague, 1764-sqq.
Emler, Josef et al., eds. Fontes rerum Bohemicarum / Prameny dejin ceskych. 7 vols. (1-6, 8).
Prague, 1873-1932.
Fontes Latini Bohemorum. Vol. 1, Stanislaus de Znoyma. De gracia etpeccato. ed. Zuzana
Silagiova. Prague, 1997. Vol. 2, Frater Colda ordinis praedicatorum. Tractatus mystici. ed.
Dana Martinkova. Prague, 1997. Vol. 3, Christianus de Prachaticz. Algorismusprosaicus.
Computus chriometralis. Ed. Zuzana Silagiova. Prague, 1998. Vol. 4, Christianus de
Prachaticz. De sanguinis minucione. ed. Hana Florianova-Miskovska, Prague, 1999.
Fontes rerum Bohemicarum, series nova. (Prameny dejin ceskych, Nova fada). Vol. 1,
Chronicon Francisci Pragensis /Kronika Frantiska Prazskeho. ed. Jana Zachova, Prague,
1997. Vol. 2, Stare letopisy ceske (texty nejstarsivrstvy). [The old Czech annalists (texts
of the oldest layer] ed. Alena M. Cerna, Petr Cornej, and Marketa Klosova, Prague, 2003.
Pamatky stare literatury ceske. [Monuments of the old Czech literature] 34 vols. Prague,
1946-1983.
Pelzel, Frantisek Martin, Josef Dobrovsky, and Frantisek Palacky, eds. Scriptores rerum
Bohemicarum e bibliotheca ecclesiae metropolitanae Pragensis. 3 vols. Prague, 1783-
1829.
Fontes rerum regniBohemiae (e) http://www.clavmon.cz/clavis/FRRB
4.3. Medieval texts (11th—14th centuries)
Bretholz, Bertold, ed. Die Chronik der Bbhmen des Cosmos von Prag. (MGH, SS rer. Germ.,
n.s. 2). Berlin, 1923.
Danhelka, J., Karel Hadek, Bohumil Havranek, N. Kvitova, and Marie Blahova, eds.
Staroceskd kronika tak receneho Dalimila. [The old-Czech chronicle of the so-called
Dalimil] 3 vols, (text and commentary) Prague: Academia, 1988-1995.
Havlik, Lubomir, Dagmar Bartonkova and Rudolf Vecerka, eds. Magnae Moraviae fontes
historici. Vol. 1, Annates et chronicae, Vol. 2, Textus biographici, hagiographici,
liturgici, Vol. 3, Diplomata, epistolae, textus historici varii, Vol. 4, Leges - textus iurici.
Supplementa, Vol. 5, Indices. Prague and Brno, 1966-1977.
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Ludvikovsky, Jaroslav, ed. Kristidnova legenda: Zivot a umuceni svateho Vdclava a jeho baby
svate Ludmily / Legenda Christiani: Vita et passio Sancti Wenceslai et Sancte Ludmile
ave eitis. Prague: Vysehrad, 1978.
Nagy, Balazs, Frank Schaer, eds. Autobiography ofEmperor Charles IV and his Legend ofSt.
Wenceslas. Central European Medieval Texts, Budapest: CEU Press, 2001.
4.4. Late medieval and early modern texts
Cornej, Petr, ed. Krdlovstvi dvojiho lidu: Ceske dejiny let 1436-1526 v soudobe
korespondenci. [The kingdom of two peoples: Czech history of 1436-1526 in private
correspondence] Prague, 1989.
Cornej, Petr, Alena M. Cerna and Marketa Klosova, eds. Stare letopisy ceske: texty nejstarsi
vrstvy. [The old Czech annals: texts of the oldest layer] Praha: Filosofia, 2003.
Dittrich, A., A. Spirk, J. Jungmann, and L. Jandera, eds. Monumenta historica universitatis
Carolo-Ferdinandeae Pragensis. 3 vols. Prague, 1830-1848.
Dudik, Beda and Christian d'Elvert, eds. Quellen-Schriften zur Geschichte Mdhrens und
Osterr. -Schlesiens /Monumenta rerum Bohemico-Moravicarum et Silesiacarum, sectio I,
Scriptores. 3 vols. Brno, 1858-1861.
Eschenloer, Peter. Geschichte der Stack Breslau. 2 vols. ed. Gunhild Roth. Miinster, New
York, Munich, Berlin: Waxmann, 2003.
Flajshans, Vaclav, Vlastimil Kybal, Otakar Odlozilik, Vaclav Novotny, S. H. Thomson, and
Frantisek Simek, eds. Sbirkapramenu ceskeho hnuti ndbozenskeho ve XIV. a XV. Stoleti.
[Collection of sources of the Czech religious movement in the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries] 19 vols. Prague and Innsbruck, 1903-1933.
Hofler, Karl, ed. Geschichtschreiber der Hussitischen Bewegung in Bbhmen, 3 vols. (Fontes
rerum Austriacarum I, 2, 6, 7). Vienna, 1856-1866.
Kfist'an z Prachatic (Christianus de Prachaticz). Stavba a uziti astroldbu / Composicio
astrolabii. Usus astrolabii. ed. Alena Hadravova and Petr Hadrava. Prague, 2001.
Liber decanorum facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Pragensis ab anno Christi 1367 usque
adannum 1585. Prague: Universitas Carolina, 1983. Facsimile edition.
Magistri Iohannis Hus Opera omnia. Prague: Academia, 1959-sqq. Planned for 26 volumes,
so far published nine.
Martinek, Jan and Dana Martinkova, eds. Bohuslai Hassensteinii a Lobkowicz epistulae. 2
vols. Leipzig: Teubner, 1969-1980.
Martinkova, Dana, Alena Hadravova, and Jin Matl, eds. Aeneae Silvii Historia Bohemica.
Prague: KLP, 1998.
Rabensteinensis, Iohannes. Disputacio. ed. Bohumil Ryba. Budapest, 1942.
Richter, Franciscus Xaverius, ed. Augustini Olomucensis Episcoporum Olomucensium Series.
Olomouc: Aloysius Skarnitzl, 1831.
Simek, Frantisek, ed. Stare letopisy ceske z vratislavskeho rukopisu. [The old Czech annals of
the Wroclaw manuscript] Prague, 1937.
Simek, Frantisek, ed. Stare letopisy ceske z rukopisu kfizovnickeho. [The old Czech annals of
the manuscript of the Knights of the Cross] Prague, 1959.
5. Electronic resources
Ceska archivni spolecnost [Czech Archival Society]
http://www.cesarch.cz/foreign.aspx?lang=en
- contains addresses and contacts to all the Czech archives and a list of all fonds in these
archives; as well as many helpful links
Seznam - medieval sites (Links)
http://www.seznam.cz/Veda_a_technika/Historie/Stredovek/
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Kabinet pro klasicka studia AV CR [Classical Studies]
http://www.clavmon.cz
- electronic editions of medieval texts: http://www.clavmon.cz/clavis/index.htm
Centre for Medieval Studies
http://www.flu.cas.cz/cms/index.html
Early Middle Ages, web page of Dusan Tfestik
http://www.sendme.cz/trestik/main.htm
Centre for Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Texts
http://www.centrum-texty.upol.cz/english/index.html
Historical Institute of the Academy of Sciences
http://www.hiu.cas.cz/index.php
Database of Seals in the Czech Archives
http://database.aipberoun.cz/pecete/
Libri Publishing House (databases - chronology of Czech history, personalities; in Czech)
http://www.libri.cz/databaze.php
Czech incunabula and later prints
http://felix.ics.cas.cz/
Digitalized texts
Memoria Project http://www.memoria.cz/site_en/index.asp
Digitalized manuscripts and prints of the Research library of Olomouc
http://dig.vkol.cz
Czech libraries on the Internet
http://wwwl.cuni.cz/~brt/digit/czk.htm
Catharina (useful links to religious texts and secondary information)
http://www.catharina.cz/findInSection.do?sectionId=1257
Historical journals:
Cesky casopis historicky: http://www.hiu.cas.cz/perio-cch.php
http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/journals/cz/Cesky_casopis_historicky.htm
Casopis Matice moravske: http://www.matice-moravska.cz/cmm/
Historica: Historical Sciences in the Czech Republic:
http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/journals/cz/Historica.htm
Dejiny a soucasnost: http://dejiny.nln.cz
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