Jistebnice Kancionál | |
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Prague, National Museum (II C 7) | |
Date | 1420s |
Place of origin | Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire |
Language(s) | Czech, Latin |
Material | paper |
Size | 132 leaves |
Format | 31 x 21 cm |
Previously kept | Jistebnice |
Discovered | 1872 by Leopold Katz |
The Jistebnice hymn book (Czech: Jistebnický kancionál) is a Czech hand-written hymnbook from around 1430[1] and the earliest witness to a concentrated effort to translate the liturgy of the Western Church into the vernacular.[2]