Modern Manuscripts from the Strahov Library

In 2022, the Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov – the Strahov Library provided access to another 29 modern manuscripts placed under the shelf marks DA IV and DA V. The oldest of these is a set of sermons by the Strahov abbot and Doksany provost Ondřej Werner from the second half of the 16th century in the codex DA IV. In terms of content, the digitised manuscripts contain two large groups of texts. The first is formed by meditative writings, collections of prayers and other works related to personal piety (shelf mark DA IV), including, for example, texts by the Jesuit Mikołaj Łęczycki / Nicolaus Lancicius (DA IV 56 and DA IV 60). The manuscript DA IV 54 is supplemented by a number of pasted or inserted engravings. The second extensive group consists of handwritten copies of lectures, both from the Prague Archbishop’s Seminary and from the university of Prague (most of the digitised manuscripts under the shelf mark DA V); nevertheless, some copies also come from studies abroad (DA V 6). The scribes of the individual study codices included i.a. the later abbots of the Strahov monastery Vincenc Makarius Frank and František Michael Daller.