The Gelnhausen Codex (Czech ''Kodex Gelnhausenův'') is an early 15th-century manuscript compiled by John of
Gelnhausen
Gelnhausen () is a town, and the capital of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located approximately 40 kilometers east of Frankfurt am Main, between the Vogelsberg mountains and the Spessart range at the river Kinzig. It is one o ...
, city scribe of Iglau (
Jihlava
Jihlava (; german: Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia.
Historically, Jihlava ...
). It is preserved in the city archive of Jihlava,
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
. It is an important source of 14th-century
Czech history.
Literature
* Michael Simboeck: ''Der Codex Gelnhausen und seine Miniaturen.'' Iglau 1903, .
* Dietrich W. Poeck:'' Rituale der Ratswahl. Zeichen und Zeremoniell der Ratssetzung in Europa (12–18 Jahrhundert).'' (= Städteforschung. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für vergleichende Städtegeschichte in Münster. Reihe A: Darstellungen; Bd. 60), Böhlau, Köln/Weimar/Wien 2003, .
* ''Zum Jubiläum des Codex Gelnhausen 1405–2005.'' Iglau 2005.
External links
{{Commonscat-inline, Kodex Gelnhausenův, Gelnhausen Codex
Codex Gelnhausen online
15th-century illuminated manuscripts
15th century in Bohemia
Historiography of the Czech Republic
Czech manuscripts
Manuscripts in Latin