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2007/52/1-4

ISSN : 0036-5351
Editor in Chief : PhDr. Helga Turková

Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference of 25 May, 2007, at the Institute of History of Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, with the Collaboration of the Office of the President of the Republic, the National Library and the Library of the National Museum. This Conference Accompanied the Exhibition „The Poet and the King. Bohuslav Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz in the Reflection of the Jagellonian Era“ (Royal Castle, Prague, February 28 through July 1, 2007).

Respublica Christiana: Spirituality and Church-political Ideas of Bohuslav of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein

Petr Hlaváček

The transition between the 15th and 16th centuries is an important period in the history of both Europe and Christianity. It is the time of renaissance, humanism and European reformation. And Bohuslav of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein, prominent Czech aristocrat, scholar and poet is a…

Musarum et patriae fulgida stella suae. Inszenierungen Bohuslav von Lobkovic und Hassenstein und identitätsstiftende Praktiken der böhmischen Humanisten nach der Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts

Lucie Storchová

Im Aufsatz werden die Art und Weise thematisiert, wie der bekannte am Jahrhundertwende wirkende böhmische Humanist, Bohuslav Hasištejnský, in Texten der von Jan Hodějovský d. Ä. geförderten Humanisten in 60er und 70er Jahren des 16. Jahrhunderts inszeniert worden ist,…

“Nos enim paene in angulo orbis constituti.” On the Correspondence of Bohuslav of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein with Bernhard Adelmann of Adelmannsfelden

Kamil Boldan

In the extant correspondence of Bohuslav of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein, we fi nd 32 letters addressed to Bernhard Adelmann (1459–1523). These letters are a valuable source of information for a reconstruction of Bohuslav’s world view; however, they also contain important information on his…

Bohuslav of Lobkovic and Hassenstein and Astronomy

Kamil Boldan, Alena Hadravová

Astronomy was one of the main interests of Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic. This is obvious from the catalog of his library (see Kamil Boldan and Emma Urbánková: Rekonstrukce knihovny Bohuslava Hasištejnského z Lobkovic – Reconstruction of the Library of Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic,…

Philosophical Treatises in the Library of Bohuslav of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein

Filip Karfík

Based on a yet unpublished new catalogue of all preserved manuscripts, incunabula and postincunabula from Hassenstein’s library by Dr. K. Boldan, the paper examines to what extent philosophical literature was represented in it. The author groups Hassenstein’s philosophical books in four…

German Biographers of Bohuslav of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein and their Attitude toward Bohemia

Marta Vaculínová

The signifi cance of Bohuslav of Lobkowicz reached far beyond the borders of the Czech Kingdom, as can be seen from the interest of German scholars in his life and work. Although his writings were not published during his lifetime, he was known as a prominent Latin writer and as an owner…

Transformations of Central European and Italian Models in the Work of the Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece

Ivana Kyzourová

The so-called Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece was the most important painter of the Jagiello Period. He has been recognised as such since the 19th century, but a generally accepted opinion about his person and work is still lacking, partly due to his anonymity, partly due to the…

Ut certatura videatur: Bohuslav of Lobkowicz and Hassenstein and Italy

Pavel Kalina

In a letter written in 1489 and addressed to Kristián Pedík, Bohuslav Hasištejnský describes the renovation of the Royal Castle of Prague. The old buildings, visible from far away, must have been almost turning to dust. “However, Vladislav has enclosed them by a wall and moat of remarkable…

Dubravius on Dürer

Lubomír Konečný

In the third edition of his magisterial monograph on Albrecht Dürer (Princeton, NJ, 1948), Erwin Panofsky published and translated a text in which Jan Dubravius, in 1516, described an image of Adam and Eve, then owned by Jan Thurzo, Bishop of Wroclaw. This description gave impetus to a…

Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz and Venetian Art of the 15th Century

Jan Chlíbec

Travelogues are an important source of information for the understanding of the 15th and 16th century Czechs and their opinion on contemporary Italian art. Among them there is an interesting description of the 1493 pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre by Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz…

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