0169275 - UDU-I 20043011 RIV CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Benešovská, Klára
Hildebert and Everwinus. "Of Mice and Men" or the King of Bohemia, his counsellors and their artists.
The Story of Prague Castle. Prague: Prague Castle Administration, 2003, s. 141-145. ISBN 80-86161-73-0
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KSK9056118
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z8033913
Keywords : Prague Castle * library of the Metropolitan Chapter * illuminated manuscripts
Subject RIV: AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

An interpretation of a famous portrait of the painter Hildebert and his assistant Everwinus at work in a scriptorium at a time when a mouse is stealing cheese from a table with their meal, which can be found at the end of a transcript of St Augustine's most extensive work, City of God (APH KMK A 21/1 f 153r). Polemic with the traditional interpretation of the illumination as a genre picture. The position of the manuscript in the cultural atmosphere of Vladislav II's court, in particular in relation to the personality of Olomouc Bishop Jindřich Zdík.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0066366