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Past and Present of the Convent Library of Saints Thomas in Prague
Sladká, Veronika ; Šípek, Richard (advisor) ; Marek, Jindřich (referee)
Monastery library of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustin in Prague is an outstanding book collection of considerable scientific and historical value. Nowadays, it consists of more than 18 000 volumes. Saint Thomas monastery was founded by Wenceslaus II. in 1278 and had, from the very beginning,, a leading role among other monasteries of this order in Bohemia. From the early 14th century an Augustinian university was run there - as the only one in vast province of Bavaria, to which Bohemia belonged. In the 17th century, an independent Bohemian province was established and Saint Thomas monastery became a natural centre of it. This diploma thesis aims to provide an overview of a history of library and to introduce significant members of Augustinian order, who contributed to development (in time of prosperity) of library. Author is particularly focused on early modern period, to which scholars have not paid attention yet, and events connected to the end of the Thirty Years War, when, as it was assumed in the past, the library sustained big damage. Apart from that, everyday interest and care for books and libraries inside the order will be characterised and the cultural and historical impact of the library of Saint Thomas convent will also be emphasized. Origins and medieval period of the library is...
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Past and Present of the Convent Library of Saints Thomas in Prague. Catalogue of Incunabula.
Sladká, Veronika ; Pařez, Jan (referee) ; Mašek, Petr (referee)
Monastery library of Order of Hermits of Saint Augustin in Prague is an outstanding book collection of considerable scientific and historical value. Nowadays, it consists of more than 18 000 volumes. This thesis aims to provide an overview of a history of library and to introduce significant members of Augustinian order, who contributed to development of library. Author is particularly focused on early modern period, to which scholars have not paid attention yet, and events connected to the end of the Thirty Years War, when, as it was assumed in the past, the library sustained big damage. Apart from that, everyday interest and care for books and libraries inside the order will be characterised and the cultural and historical impact of the library of Saint Thomas convent will also be emphasized. Origins and medieval period of the library is described on indirect sources only, as nothing from the medieval collection stayed preserved. History of the library in early modern period is based on records from the monastery chronicals and other archival sources, study of secondary lierature and results of provenience research of the preserved collection. The core of the thesis consists of history of the monastery library and of information about several members of the order with special significance for development...
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