Category: Updates

Manuscripts of Jan Krystof Bořek from the Strahov Library

First portion of manuscripts of collector and mercantilist economist Jan Kryštof Bořek (1665–1729/1730)

Manuscripts from the Premonstratensian Canonry in Nová Říše

Another five digitised manuscripts from the library of the Premonstratensians in Nová Říše

Missal from the Regional Museum in Olomouc

Digitised manuscript missal of the Olomouc diocese from the last third of the 15th century

Medieval Manuscripts from the National Library of the Czech Republic

First part of the National Library’s manuscripts digitised in 2024

Early modern Manuscripts from the Museum and Gallery in Prostějov

Three digitised manuscripts from the Museum and Gallery in Prostějov, including a puppet-theatre play from 1787

Hebrew Bible from the Library of the Latin School in Jáchymov

The oldest manuscript in the collections of the Library of the Latin School in Jáchymov

Prayer Book from the Museum of the Bohemian Paradise in Turnov

A Czech manuscript containing, in addition to the usual prayers, an extensive section devoted to saints, including the patron saints of the Czech lands

Lipnice Bible

Our digital library newly allows you to browse through the precious Lipnice Bible. In 2021, 600 years had elapsed since the origin of this biblical manuscript that is today deposited in the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. The Lipnice Bible, whose digitised version has been acquired successfully from the American institution, was created during…
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A Unique Book from Vojvodina, Serbia

Manuscriptorium managed to acquire a unique remainder of the book culture of the Unity of the Brethren from the pre-White Mountain period. It is a partly printed and partly handwritten Czech translation of the work by the French reformer John Calvin Institutio christianae religionis (“Institutes of the Christian Religion“). This book is only the second…
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Complete digitised documents from Swiss collections

In Manuscriptorium, you can newly browse and study over 2,600 digitised manuscripts from more than 80 Swiss libraries and archives! These books can be accessed via Manuscriptorium owing to the long-term collaboration with the digital library e-codices that fulfils the role of the Swiss national aggregator for the local digitised collections of old manuscripts. The…
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