Passionate Copying in Late Medieval Bohemia : : The Case of Crux de Telcz (1434-1504).

• Superior document: Prague Medieval Studies
• Author: Doležalová, Lucie.
• Place / Publishing House: Prague : : Karolinum Press,, 2021.; {copy}2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Prague Medieval Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- I. Scribe as Author-Precautions -- II. Biography -- A) The Name -- B) Times -- C) Life -- D) The People around Crux -- III. Author -- A) Letter to a Supporter -- B) Letter to an Adversary -- IV. Translator -- V. Compiler -- VI. Glossator -- A) Adding Variants and Complementary Material -- B) Controlling the Reception -- VII. Scribe -- A) A Careless Copy: The De tribus punctis -- B) A Mess-the Meaning of the Hebrew Letters -- VIII. Teacher -- A) School Headmaster's Speeches -- B) The Pythagorean Letter Y -- C) Riddles -- D) Proverbs -- IX. Preacher -- A) New Year's Gifts -- B) Memory -- X. The Franciscan Johannes Sintram (d. 1450) as a Scribe-A Comparison -- XI. Conclusion -- Appendices -- I. Text Editions -- 1. Letter to Johannes Nosidlo of Litoměřice -- 2. Letter to Tobias of Tábor from 1477 -- 3. Speeches of the School Rector -- 4. Verses on the Pythagorean letter Y -- 5. Eleven Conditions for Good Memory -- 6. Crux's Proverb Collection (an Excerpt) -- 7. Variations of the New Year Sermon (Lucie Doležalová and Michal Dragoun) -- II. Crux's Manuscripts (Michal Dragoun) -- III. Johannes Sintram's Manuscripts and Colophons (Kimberly Rivers) -- IV. Crux's Colophons (Lucie Doležalová and Michal Dragoun) -- Map -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Index -- General Index.