Bohemian Editors and Translators at the Turn of the 16th Century

0553886 - FLÚ 2022 BE eng M - Monography Chapter
Storchová, Lucie
The Treatment of Ancient Texts in the Czech Lands around 1500: Editions, Commentaries and Translations.
Bohemian Editors and Translators at the Turn of the 16th Century. Turnhout: Brepols, 2021 - (Vaculínová, M.; Storchová, L.; Slavíková, M.; Neškudla, B.; Podavka, O.; Králová, M.), s. 11-54. Europa humanistica: Bohemia and Moravia. Volume 3. ISBN 978-2-503-59859-8
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Keywords : Humanism * Czech Lands * Editions of Classics * Translations of Classics
OECD category: Specific literatures
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The article deals with ways in which early Bohemian humanists active around 1500 approached classical tradition, especially when they worked on editions, commentaries and translations of classical texts. The editors addressed here were recruited from three important centres of Humanist education, which existed in the Czech lands in the late 15th century and first two decades of the 16th century. Besides Prague where most of these translators came from outside the conservative milieu of the local university, hubs formed in Olomouc around the court of the bishop Stanislaus Thurzó and among Humanist scholars in northwest Bohemia. By analysing paratexts from the school editions created by the Humanists Paulus Niavis from Cheb and Johannes Honorius from Loket, both of whom were teachers at the university of Leipzig, the author shows how contacts with Saxon universities helped create suitable conditions for Humanist studies in the Czech lands. In the next step, she concentrates on paratexts by the Czech translator Řehoř Hrubý, who was based in the Old Town of Prague, along with a commentary and edition by Ioannes Dubravius, a prominent Humanist author approximately one generation younger, who later became the bishop of Olomouc. By comparing this paratextual material, the article wants to contribute to a broader understanding of how Humanist learning was established in the Czech lands.
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