0169277 - UDU-I 20043013 RIV CZ eng M - Monography Chapter
Benešovská, Klára
The Abess With the Crown.
The Story of Prague Castle. Prague: Prague Castle Administration, 2003, s. 151-158. ISBN 80-86161-73-0
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KSK9056118
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z8033913
Keywords : Prague Castle * St George Convent of Benedictine nuns * Passional of Abess Kunhuta
Subject RIV: AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

The essay focuses on the personality of Abbess Kunhuta, the daughter of King Přemysl Otakar II, and on her importance for the continuing tradition of courtly art of the period of Wenceslas II. It monitors her activities as the abbess of a Benedictine convent, as the person who ordered the illuminated manuscript written by Dominican friar Kolda of Koldice and illuminated by canon Beneš (the so-called Passional of Abbess Kunhuta NK XIV A 17), and as the initiator of liturgical plays in the convent. It also highlights links between a Benedictine convent and the St Vitus Chapter.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0066368