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c. 1430 Czech Hussite song collection
The
Jistebnice hymn book
(
Czech
:
Jistebnicky kancional
) is a
Czech
hand-written
hymnbook
from around 1430
[1]
and the earliest witness to a concentrated effort to translate the liturgy of the
Western Church
into the
vernacular
.
[2]
Content
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The Jistebnice hymn book is the largest surviving compendium and the most important source of
Hussite
liturgy
and singing in the Czech lands. It contains Czech translations of
Latin
liturgy, religious
hymns
, songs to be sung at
vespers
and also Czech folk
Christmas carols
.
It also contains the first record of the Hussite war song
Kto? jsu bo?i bojovnici
.
[3]
Storage
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The manuscript is deposited in the
Prague National Museum
. A copy of the manuscript is in a gallery in
Jistebnice
, where the manuscript was founded.
[3]
See also
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References
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Literature
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- Holeton, David; Kolar, Jaroslav; Vidmanova, Ane?ka; Vlhova-Worner, Hana (2005).
Jistebnicky kancional: MS. Praha, Knihovna Narodniho muzea, II C 7: kriticka edice = Jistebnice kancional : MS. Prague, National Museum Library II C 7: critical edition. 1. svazek, Graduale
. Brno: L. Marek.
ISBN
80-86263-56-8
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