Kronika sedm mudrczuov Rozprav ky velmi uťessenee v sobie zavijeraji jií v nichžto lest a chytrost ženská: zjevňe se vypravuje Počinase tak to. [Plzeň: Mikuláš Bakalář, ca. 1501–1508]

General Information

Reference Number

CzechPrints1

Total number of pages/folios

120

Format

8

Textual Relationships

Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition

Kolár (1985)

Digital Resources & Modern References

Digitisation

https://stt.opac.nm.cz/media-viewer?rootDirectory=23500#!?directory=139422&file=260675

Modern research literature

Kolár (1985), Schlusemann (2023), Máchal (1898), Jakubec (1929)

Copies

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Moscow, RGB	H-6	Digital images kindly sent by Dmitry Rumyantsev from the Book Museum in Moscow, 16 Feb 2022 to Rita Schlusemann.

Language Information

Language of text

Czech

Note

Kronika sedm mudrczuov Rozprav ky velmi uťessenee v sobie zavijeraji jií v nichžto lest a chytrost ženská: zjevňe se vypravuje Počinase tak to. [Plzeň: Mikuláš Bakalář, ca. 1501–1508] (KNI04462, copies: Praha, Knihovna Národního muzea, 25 E 21; Moskva, RGB, H-6; digital images kindly sent by Dmitry Rumyantsev from the Book Museum in Moscow, 16 February 2022) (entered by JB)

Whilst no translator is named, Kolár (1985, p. 16) posits that it was done specifically for Bakalář and argues that it is of an excellent quality, with very few edits made between versions. The speech of the emperor is markedly different from others in the text, perhaps reflecting some knowledge of courtly manners, and Murko (1890, p. 23) argues that the detailed discussion of veins in Tentamina would suggest some medical training or at least a good education. The dating is close to the Gesta and has recently been adjusted based off Bakalář’s equipment; however, it remains unclear if he was the printer of the whole text or perhaps just a section (Voit, 2012, pp. 90-1). Several adjustments to the text have been made to reflect cultural conditions at the time; an example of this is the specific mention of a knight owning a multi-story house (Murko, 1890, p. 23). (Text by Ava Byrne)