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Topic modelling of the publication activities of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts in the years 1890-1910
Kersch, Filip ; Marek, Jindřich (advisor) ; Jarolímková, Adéla (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to present an overview of topics that were the subject of research of the Czech Academy from 1890 to 1910 using computational analysis of its publications. The work complements and extends the existing state of knowledge in this subject area, which has so far been limited to analyses of specific publications, fields of study or scientific classes of the Academy, but did not allow a view of the areas of interest of the Academy as a whole. The introductory part of the thesis presents the context of the Academy's founding, summarizes the current state of understanding of the topics that Academy scholars have addressed and describes how the Academy's digitized publications can be used for analysis using computational methods within the digital humanities. In the research part, digitized issues of the scholarly journal Rozpravy, which represented the core publication platform of the Czech Academy, were obtained from the Digital Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The obtained data were processed using freely available tools and used as input for topic modelling using the LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation) method. The result of the thesis is a comprehensive overview of 35 specific topics that the Czech Academy addressed in the first twenty years of its existence. It...
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Personal library of František Cardinal of Dietrichstein
Pallová, Marie ; Marek, Jindřich (advisor) ; Šípek, Richard (referee)
This bachelor thesis devoted to the library of the Moravian nobleman and church dignitary Cardinal František of Ditrichštejn. He lived from 1570 to 1536 and during his lifetime he managed to transform the small collector's library of his father Adam of Ditrichstein into a huge representative library of European size. This library included the Cardinal's personal library, of which twenty-three volumes have survived, and which today, like the rest of the Dittrichstein library, are housed in various institutions throughout Europe. In the practical part, these twenty volumes from the cardinal's private book collection are examined and analysed in terms of external and internal provenance marks. Specifically, these are personal titles that the Cardinal did not acquire from purchased or confiscated book sets, but for which he made some bibliophilic effort to acquire them for his library. Finally, the book donation and three defective adaptations , which the cardinal kept despite their shortcomings, are described.
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Contemporary Book Culture Studies at the Universities in the USA and in Canada
Matulík, Petr ; Šípek, Richard (advisor) ; Marek, Jindřich (referee)
This diploma thesis explores, analyzes, and evaluates forms of contemporary book history education at American and Canadian universities. Its goal is to map book history teaching at these institutions, something that no previous study has addressed in detail. In the theoretical part, the context of book history is presented from a historical point of view based on both Czech and foreign expert literature, with an emphasis on the North American environment and, for comparison, the Czech environment as well. In the practical part, a quantitative and qualitative analysis of individual schools, departments and their programmes where book history can be studied is carried out, based on described context. The main source of information in this case was the publicly available curricula of the institutions, with a supplementary source provided by university representatives, who were contacted when necessary. Based on the analysis, specific trends in contemporary book history education at universities in the United States and Canada are then characterized, summarized and evaluated in the conclusion of the thesis.
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The Library of the Capuchin Monastery in Olomouc as Part of the Swedish Book Booty
Růžičková, Lucie ; Veselá, Lenka (advisor) ; Marek, Jindřich (referee)
The diploma thesis maps the fate of the library of the Capuchin Monastery in Olomouc. It focuses on the period of occupation by Swedish troops between 1642 and 1650 and the Swedish book booty. One hundred preserved titles, which are registered in the database The Swedish Booty of Books from Bohemia and Moravia 1646-1648, are then analysed. Historical circumstances that are connected to the Capuchins' arrival in Bohemia and Moravia are described in the first part. The origin of the Capuchin Monastery and library in Olomouc is clarified. Subsequently, significant moments of the Swedish occupation of Olomouc are presented, especially with regard to the Capuchin convent. At the end of the first part, there is a description of the process and circumstances of the Swedish confiscation of the library and its following transportation. In the second part, the preserved books are characterized. They are labelled according to their age, linguistic characteristics, origin and outer form. A content structure as well as preserved provenance are examined. This characterises the Capuchin library and its administration. In conclusion, the new knowledge of the history of the Capuchin library and its collection before the Swedish confiscation in 1645 is introduced.
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Book prices in 16th and 17th centuries based on an analysis of the book catalogue written by Jakub K. Praetorius
Fajkusová, Lucie ; Marek, Jindřich (advisor) ; Šípek, Richard (referee)
This master thesis is focused on the book price in 16th and 17th century Bohemia, a subject which has been mostly neglected so far. It tries to find a connection between previous research from abroad and the specific situation of early-modern Bohemia. It focuses on Jakub Konrád Praetorius of Perlenberg, whose private book collection has become a part of the Swedish war booty and thus only a small part of the collection has survived until today. However, a handwritten catalogue of Praetorius's collection was found and digitised in the National Library of Stockholm. This catalogue contains not only the year of printing, author's name and book format but most importantly the price, though not in all cases. This work analyses this unique catalogue formally and contentually with the book price as the main interest, especially while trying to find a connection between the price and the attributes such as year of printing, place of origin, book format and the binding.
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Research on Bohemian manuscripts abroad during "the long nineteenth century"
Kiliánková, Aneta ; Marek, Jindřich (advisor) ; Šípek, Richard (referee)
The thesis examines research in the so-called long 19th century focused on the manuscript Bohemica, along with their comparison. The research took place in Sweden and Italy. As examples, Josef Dobrovský, František Palacký, Beda Dudík and Josef Pečírka with their research of the Queen Cristina's library are closely examined. The description of individual journeys is followed by their comparison and the comparison of their outputs. The examined factors are research conditions, their main focus and the language and content of the final reports. The research is set in the context of Czech national revival and its phases Keywords: long 19th century; bohemian manuscripts; research; Josef Dobrovský; František Palacký; Beda Dudík; Sweden; Italy; archives; libraries
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Bibliologist and literary historian Flora Kleinschnitzová (1891-1946)
Daňkovská, Andrea ; Marek, Jindřich (advisor) ; Šípek, Richard (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with an important personality of Czechoslovak bibliology, literary historian Dr. Flora Kleinschnitzová (1891-1946). This work focuses on her life and writings, in which she documented especially the fate of the Tycho de Brahe Library, bohemica in Swedish libraries, Czech-Swedish literary relations and Czech 19th century writers. Special emphasis is put on her activities in today's National Library from 1919 to 1944 and also on her writings in a field of bibliology. The starting point of this thesis is a professional biography of Flora Kleinschnitzová and an overview of her published writings, especially in the context of her contribution to Czech bibliology. The aim of this thesis is to introduce her professional life and bibliological and literary historical works. In terms of methodology, the thesis a creative compilation supplemented by archival research. Besides the biographical literature and the works of Flora Kleinschnitzová, especially materials from her estate and annual reports of today's National Library were used. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Reformational Iconography of Book Bindings of Catholic Liturgical Literature in Bohemia
Šourková, Michaela ; Voit, Petr (advisor) ; Marek, Jindřich (referee)
This thesis is focused mainly on reformational iconography used on the book bindings of catholical missales and breviaries in Bohemia until the first half of the 16th century. The theoretical part of thesis analyzes czech renaissance bookbinding during this era and use of reformational iconography on blind - stamped book bindings. The practical part of thesis answers the question whether the bookbinding of catholical missales and breviaries of this time carried any reformational iconography and was used by Utraquists during their masses. Rubbings of examined books were created during the writing. The research showed that the reformational iconography preserved on mentioned types of liturgical books only in one rare case.
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Restoration Information System ResIS comprehensive documentation of the physical condition of rare library holdings
Novotný, Jan ; Bratková, Eva (advisor) ; Marek, Jindřich (referee)
In comprehensive thesis are characterized particular collections of photographic documentation of historical library holdings which were found during the survey of secondary image information. The possibilities of documentation use from different time periods are mentioned during restoration works, conservation surveys and in specific cases of damage or total loss of the original. In detail are described essential factors affecting the quality of image recording and typical types of photographic documentation on so-called surrogates, which are under selective digitization incorporated into the digital archive of Restoration information system ResIS. Other part of thesis is devoted to the methodology of digitizing the photographic documentation on surrogates, which includes the building up archival organizing system. In part of analysis are mentioned the most important metadata formats for the description of historical written monuments and their field of application. The mapping of selected TEI P5 ENRICH metadata elements into the proposed hierarchical structure was solved in order to create new TEI_RESIS format. ResIS system is designed for the complex processing and presentation of documentation focused on physical condition of library holdings, the system is also used by retrospective way....
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