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Codex Speciálník
The Speciálník Codex (CZ-HKm MS II.A.7) is a 15th-century ''speciálník'' (i.e. special songbook) originating from a monastery in the region of Prague. Its eclectic mix of Medieval and Renaissance ''a cappella'' sacred music is matched only by its brilliant juxtapositions of well-known and obscure pieces and composers. Containing works for two, three, and four voices, the Codex is one of the oldest surviving collections of Czech Renaissance polyphony, and originated in the Utraquist protestant congregations of around 1500. The manuscript is currently in the Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ... Museum, which acquired it from a Prague antique dealer in 1901. External links * A listing oMedieval and Gothic recordings containing a wealth of historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codex Specialnik P64
The codex (: codices ) was the historical ancestor format of the modern book. Technically, the vast majority of modern books use the codex format of a stack of pages bound at one edge, along the side of the text. But the term ''codex'' is now reserved for older manuscript books, which mostly used sheets of vellum, parchment, or papyrus, rather than paper. By convention, the term is also used for any Aztec codex (although the earlier examples do not actually use the codex format), Maya codices and other pre-Columbian manuscripts. Library practices have led to many European manuscripts having "codex" as part of their usual name, as with the Codex Gigas, while most do not. Modern books are divided into paperback (or softback) and those bound with stiff boards, called hardbacks. Elaborate historical bindings are called treasure bindings. At least in the Western world, the main alternative to the paged codex format for a long document was the continuous scroll, which was the dominan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
