The Passional of Abbess KunigundeAlternative names: ''Passional of Abbess Cunegund'', ''Passional of Abbess Kunhuta''. is an illuminated

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

manuscript commissioned by Prague Benedictine Abbess

Kunigunde of Bohemia Kunigunde of Bohemia (January 1265 – 27 November 1321) was the eldest daughter of Ottokar II of Bohemia and his second wife, Kunigunda of Slavonia. She was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty. She was Princess of Masovia by her marriage to ...

, daughter of King

Ottokar II of Bohemia Ottokar II ( cs, Přemysl Otakar II.; , in Městec Králové, Bohemia – 26 August 1278, in Dürnkrut, Lower Austria), the Iron and Golden King, was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty who reigned as King of Bohemia from 1253 until his deat ...

, after 1312. The work is an anthology of mystic treatises on the theme of Christ‘s passion, two of them were composed by Czech Dominican friar Kolda of Koldice. The manuscript was written and maybe also illuminated by Prague canon Beneš, who served as a priest in the St. George's Convent. The earliest surviving coloured depiction of the heraldic emblem of

Bohemia Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

(today the Lesser

coat of arms of the Czech Republic The coat of arms of the Czech Republic () is divided into two principal variants. Greater coat of arms displays the three Historical regions of Central Europe, historical regions—the Czech lands—which make up the nation. Lesser coat of arms d ...

) can be found in the manuscript.

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File:Lev erb kunhuta.jpg, Coat of arms of Bohemia File:Kunhuta jezis.jpg, Kunigunde and Jesus File:Pasionál Veronica.jpg, The Holy Face File:Pasional.jpg, Fol. 17v File:Andel 3.jpg, Angel

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