Keywords
Database of Bibliographic Sources
manuscripts
Encyclopaedia of the Book in the Czech Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Period
infrastructure for book history
Map of Printed Production in Bohemia and Moravia up to 1800
printed books
digital humanities
digital data
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Abstract
This article describes the Knihověda.cz portal, which represents an essential infrastructure for esearching Czech book history until 1800. The portal includes three parts: its core consists of a atabase comprised of five partial bibliographic databases. This interface contains complete data on printed Bohemica and manuscripts created before 1800 and a modern bibliography for research into Czech book history. The second element of the portal is Map of Printed Production in Bohemia and Moravia up to 1800, which provides interactive access to known printed editions dating back to the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period in the territory of today’s Czech Republic; it also allows for their visualisation according to various criteria. The third element created within the project is the online Encyclopaedia of Books in the Czech Middle Ages and Early Modern Period; its explanation of book history can serve educational purposes at both high schools and universities. A use case study of the history of books from the Rudolfinian period in the Czech lands (1576–1612) supplements the information provided about the portal.
Funding
This is a contribution to the research project of the Library of CAS: RVO 67985971 and Charles University PROGRES Q09: History – Key to understanding the globalized world.
References
Andrle J., Česká národní retrospektivní bibliografie jako pomůcka a výzva pro literární historii, “Česká literatura” 2012, 60, pp. 903–930.
Baďurová A., Rudolfinský knihtisk v Bibliografii cizojazyčných bohemikálních tisků z let 1501–1800, “Knihy a dějiny” 1997, 4/1, pp. 21–39.
Knihověda.cz: Portal dedicated to the Czech book history until 1800, https://www.knihoveda.cz [accessed: 24.05.2021].
Voit P., Encyklopedie knihy: starší knihtisk a příbuzné obory mezi polovinou 15. a počátkem 19. století, Praha: Libri 2006.
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