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Ritual remnant (ucchiṣṭa) in Vedic ritual
Sojková, Barbora ; Ondračka, Lubomír (advisor) ; Bahulkar, Srikant (referee)
The purpose of the present thesis is to investigate and interpret the position and meaning of the remnant of oblation (ucchiṣṭa, śeṣa, or vāstu) in the system of classical Vedic mythology and ritual. The inquiries begin by a brief survey of used primary sources, secondary literature and methodology. Afterwards, the terminology used for the leftover is examined together with its mythical connotations found in Brāhmaṇas. The pivot of the thesis is its central part which treats the manipulation of the phenomenon of the leftover in the Vedic ritual literature describing the system of solemn (śrauta) rituals, non-sanguinary oblations (iṣṭi) and ancestor worship (piṇḍapitṛyajña). The last chapter is dedicated to the interpretation of the phenomenon. Following the analysis of primary sources, the thesis claims that the remnant of the offering is not a ritual waste but a creative element of the ritual action. It is interpreted as one of the framing ritual acts which surround the central ritual performance and which are understood as associated with the household, its fertility and continuity. The domestic sphere is also a theme of the myths in which is found the phenomenon of the remnant. Based on the discussion on the mythology and ritual manipulation of the phenomenon, the leftover of the offering is...
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Office of St. Scholastica in Notated Manuscripts of the St. George Monastery in Prague
Sojková, Barbora ; Eben, David (advisor) ; Hlávková, Lenka (referee)
This master thesis follows up the offce of St. Scholastica in medieval manuscripts of the female benedictine monastery of St. George at the Prague Castle. We can fnd two offces of the saint - older offce Quadam vero die and younger offce Regnum celi - in notated and unnotated manuscripts of the second half of the 12th century - frst half of the 15th century. The main goal of this work is to place these offces in the context of liturgy of the feast in european liturgical manuscripts, then classify the date and provenance of the chants. The frst chapter of this work deals with general chants for the Feast of St. Scholastica in European sources. As a starting point for research, I used the web text databases Latin sacred chant Cantus - Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant - and LMLO - Latin Medieval Liturgical Offces. Because of the absence of comparative material for the older offce Quadam vero die especially, I had to study a huge number of other liturgical sources, that are also commented in this chapter. The following chapters follow up the plainchant repertoire for the feast of St. Scholastica in the St. George's sources. The second chapter provides a general overview of the St. George's manuscripts, as well as an image of reverence to the saint in the liturgical calendars used at the St....
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Ritual remnant (ucchiṣṭa) in Vedic ritual
Sojková, Barbora ; Ondračka, Lubomír (advisor) ; Bahulkar, Srikant (referee)
The purpose of the present thesis is to investigate and interpret the position and meaning of the remnant of oblation (ucchiṣṭa, śeṣa, or vāstu) in the system of classical Vedic mythology and ritual. The inquiries begin by a brief survey of used primary sources, secondary literature and methodology. Afterwards, the terminology used for the leftover is examined together with its mythical connotations found in Brāhmaṇas. The pivot of the thesis is its central part which treats the manipulation of the phenomenon of the leftover in the Vedic ritual literature describing the system of solemn (śrauta) rituals, non-sanguinary oblations (iṣṭi) and ancestor worship (piṇḍapitṛyajña). The last chapter is dedicated to the interpretation of the phenomenon. Following the analysis of primary sources, the thesis claims that the remnant of the offering is not a ritual waste but a creative element of the ritual action. It is interpreted as one of the framing ritual acts which surround the central ritual performance and which are understood as associated with the household, its fertility and continuity. The domestic sphere is also a theme of the myths in which is found the phenomenon of the remnant. Based on the discussion on the mythology and ritual manipulation of the phenomenon, the leftover of the offering is...
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Office of St. Scholastica in Notated Manuscripts of the St. George Monastery in Prague
Sojková, Barbora ; Eben, David (advisor) ; Hlávková, Lenka (referee)
This master thesis follows up the offce of St. Scholastica in medieval manuscripts of the female benedictine monastery of St. George at the Prague Castle. We can fnd two offces of the saint - older offce Quadam vero die and younger offce Regnum celi - in notated and unnotated manuscripts of the second half of the 12th century - frst half of the 15th century. The main goal of this work is to place these offces in the context of liturgy of the feast in european liturgical manuscripts, then classify the date and provenance of the chants. The frst chapter of this work deals with general chants for the Feast of St. Scholastica in European sources. As a starting point for research, I used the web text databases Latin sacred chant Cantus - Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant - and LMLO - Latin Medieval Liturgical Offces. Because of the absence of comparative material for the older offce Quadam vero die especially, I had to study a huge number of other liturgical sources, that are also commented in this chapter. The following chapters follow up the plainchant repertoire for the feast of St. Scholastica in the St. George's sources. The second chapter provides a general overview of the St. George's manuscripts, as well as an image of reverence to the saint in the liturgical calendars used at the St....
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Talking Heads: Comparative and Structural Analysis of the Myths of Vital Severed Heads
Sojková, Barbora ; Lyčka, Milan (advisor) ; Chlup, Radek (referee)
The thesis deals with a symbolism of the head and its attachment to knowledge, which will be presented on the Indo-European myths of severed heads with the use of methods of comparative mythology and structural analysis. In the first part of the thesis is introduced general symbolism of the head and its possible transformations in Indo-European mythologies. Nevertheless, the focus of the thesis is in presentation of myths, in which the decapitated head plays the central role. Those myths are formed into three types based on power, which is given to the severed heads. In the second part the thesis deals with three particular myths of the speaking severed heads, namely Greek myth of Orpheus, Welsh story of Bran and Old Norse myth of Mímir, whereas those myths are thoroughly presented, interpreted by using structural analysis, and compared. The results of interpretation are afterwards transposed to the other myths of severed heads and to the general symbolism of a head. The focal point of the text is mainly work with primary mythological sources, even though metodological basis of interpretation is also emphasised.
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The financial analysis of the firm
Sojková, Barbora ; Rauš, Jiří (advisor)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is an evaluation of a financial situation within a chosen company between 2004 and 2008, which is based on the use of the financial analysis method. The theoretical part describes the principle and importance of the financial analysis, introduces its purpose and aim within the firm management. It defines the users, the data sources and basic methods of financial analysis including the overall models of evaluation of the firm health. The practical part shows the characteristics of the examined firm as well as the financial analysis itself which is carried out by the methods introduced in the theoretical part. The chosen indicators are also compared within branches. The conclusion of the thesis offers a summary of the most important findings of the implemented analysis.
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