Treasures of the Past: Digital Gems from the Canonry of Premonstratensians in Nová Říše

In 2023, the library of the Premonstratensian Canonry in Nová Říše digitized four manuscripts from the 15th century. Among these rare documents is a partially preserved antiphonary of Czech origin, created in 1414 for the Cistercian monastery in Sedlec (sign. NŘ 81). The other manuscripts originate from Western Europe and include the richly illuminated Speculum humanae salvationis from the early 15th century (NŘ 80), a small mystical text (NŘ 75), and a book of hours written and illuminated in Flanders in 1480 for Jan van der Scaghe and his wife Anna de Memere (NŘ 90).