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Hus’s Opera omnia. Tractatus varii and the current state of research
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The fact that scholars still lack a critical edition of many writings of M. Jan Hus, the leading figure of the Czech Reformation movement, is a paradox that will probably astonish anyone who begins to study the Czech Reformation and wants to get to the primary sources. Although the origins of the Magistri Iohannis Hus Opera omnia series (MIHOO), which aims to make available thematically organized critical editions of Hus's writings, date back to the 1950s, only about half of the planned 26 volumes have been published so far. This deficiency is being eliminated very slowly. The beginnings of the series are connected with the names of Bohumil Ryba and Anežka Vidmanová, who set the basic rules for publishing Hus's writings. Other distinguished editors followed and over the years a number of high quality editions have been prepared. For a long time they were published by Academia – the publishing house of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, and in recent decades by Brepols Publishers, as a part of Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis series (CC CM). The Brno editorial group has been trying to build on their work since 2005. They have published a number of studies, made Czech translations of some of Hus's texts and prepared critical editions which were published in the 17th and 24th volume of the MIHOO series: Enarratio Psalmorum (CC CM 253, 2013) and Constantiensia (CC CM 274, 2016). The group is now working on the edition of the 21st volume, entitled Tractatus varii, which will contain Huss's treatises mainly from 1408–1412. |
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