Publication details
Originální výtvor české reformace? Příspěvek k bohemikální básnické tvorbě v Jenském kodexu
| Title in English | Late medieval originality in Bohemia? Latin verses in the Jena Codex |
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Graeco-Latina Brunensia |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | Jena codex; Latin medieval poetry; Leonine hexameters; Bohemian reformation; antitheses |
| Description | The Jena Codex, a unique treasure of late medieval Bohemian culture, is a richly illuminated manuscript that contains a series of Latin and Czech texts connected to the Bohemian Reform movement of the 15th century. Two full-page illuminations in this codex comprise an antithesis of the terrestrial city and the city of God. The theme of this attractive contrast vibrates through a number of written sources in Europe including Bohemia. Yet not many illuminations of this antithesis survive from the Middle Ages, not to mention illustrations with a textual background. The paper presents the antithesis of the urbs Dei and the urbs terrena in the Jena codex and analyzes the verses that accompany this antithesis from the point of view of both form and content. The as yet unspecified model of these Leonine hexameters indicates that the verses might be a unique evidence of original Latin versification composed in medieval Bohemia. |