The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

O.7.38

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Shelfmark O.7.38
Manuscript Title

Kronika Dalimila
Alternative Title

Bohemian Chronicle.
James Number 1366
Date early 14th century
Century 14th
Physical Description

15 lines to a page. In a large clear upright hand. Red initials.
Provenance

Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. Marked D. 12. No. 230 Note on provenance enclosed in MS.
Donor Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary
Size (cm) 16 x 11.5
Folio 167 ff.
Material Parchment
Language Bohemian (Czech)Czech
Collation

1 flyleaf, i8-xvii8 (wants 8) xviii8-xxi8.
Notes

ff. 161-6 are inverted and reversed, so sequence runs thus: ff160r, 160v, 166v, 166r, 165v, 165r, 164v, etc. 3 flyleaves at front; 1-2 are modern and uncut. There is a letter contained within the front cover and a loose note contained within the inside back cover.
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.7.38/manifest.json
Online Since 12/09/2017

Contents

Dalimil's Chronicle of Bohemia.
In Bohemian.

The Revd. R. Sinker, D.D., Librarian, was the first to call the attention of a Bohemian scholar (the late Revd. A. H. Wratislaw, then Headmaster of King Edward's School, Bury St Edmunds) to this MS. The text of it was used in v. Jireček's edition of the chronicle (Prague, 1878: Rýmovaná Kronika Česká, etc.). The text of the MS was again published by itself, with photographic fecsimiles, by Dr mourek (Prague, 1892: Kronika Dalimilova podle Rukopisu Cambridgeskeho).

The MS. contains about two-thirds of the whole text. I am indebted to Dr Sinker's kindness for the above particulars.

Note on provenance enclosed at end of text

Bibliography

Šťasny, R., Tajemství jména Dalimil (Prague, 1991)

Morgan, N., and S. Panayotova, et al., ed., Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge : A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the the Cambridge Colleges. Part One, The Low Countries, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, 2 vols., (London, 2009), vol. 1, no. 132

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