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<p>[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 3761685, member: 14916"]This post is about a book I bought almost 20 years ago in the Czech Republic and was my first book with so called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjecta_membra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjecta_membra" rel="nofollow">disjecta membra</a> (recycled vellum manuscripts) in my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book itself is a Latin/Czech learning book of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distichs_of_Cato" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distichs_of_Cato" rel="nofollow">Distichs of Cato</a>, printed in "Hradiceni" in 1571. I am not sure which place this is, but I guess it is somewhere in Bohemia. I know in the Slavic languages the word "hrad" of "grad" can mean city or castle (Beo<b>grad</b>, Stalin<b>grad</b>). In the current Czech Republic there are several places with Hrad in the name liken Hradec Králové. </p><p><br /></p><p>As this book was a school book, the texts of Cato are printed in Latin (in roman letters) and in the Czech language (in gothic/fractur letters). </p><p><br /></p><p>The binding was made from a recycled medieval manuscript in a late Gothic hand. I haven't found out the exact texts, but it is written in Latin and dates probably from the end of the 15th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book is also bound with plainchant music scores. This probably a religious text because I can read "Domine iesu christe".</p><p><br /></p><p>On the title page there is a book mark (ex libris) that reads something like "ExLib Anton Frackii" Throughout the book many empty pages are filled with comments, all written in Latin, probably added in 1640. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The combination of the these elements is what I like in old book <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />. I feel like an archaeologist that is looking into the past. In this case a typical Renaissance history...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]315032[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315035[/ATTACH]</p><p>I think this capital depicts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus" rel="nofollow">Tantalus</a> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]315036[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315037[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315038[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315039[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A beautiful phrase from this book to end my post:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>If you can, even remember to help people you don't know.</i></p><p><i>More precious than a kingdom it is to gain friends by kindness.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ex Libris, post: 3761685, member: 14916"]This post is about a book I bought almost 20 years ago in the Czech Republic and was my first book with so called [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjecta_membra']disjecta membra[/URL] (recycled vellum manuscripts) in my collection. The book itself is a Latin/Czech learning book of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distichs_of_Cato']Distichs of Cato[/URL], printed in "Hradiceni" in 1571. I am not sure which place this is, but I guess it is somewhere in Bohemia. I know in the Slavic languages the word "hrad" of "grad" can mean city or castle (Beo[B]grad[/B], Stalin[B]grad[/B]). In the current Czech Republic there are several places with Hrad in the name liken Hradec Králové. As this book was a school book, the texts of Cato are printed in Latin (in roman letters) and in the Czech language (in gothic/fractur letters). The binding was made from a recycled medieval manuscript in a late Gothic hand. I haven't found out the exact texts, but it is written in Latin and dates probably from the end of the 15th century. The book is also bound with plainchant music scores. This probably a religious text because I can read "Domine iesu christe". On the title page there is a book mark (ex libris) that reads something like "ExLib Anton Frackii" Throughout the book many empty pages are filled with comments, all written in Latin, probably added in 1640. The combination of the these elements is what I like in old book :). I feel like an archaeologist that is looking into the past. In this case a typical Renaissance history... [ATTACH=full]315032[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315035[/ATTACH] I think this capital depicts [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus']Tantalus[/URL] [ATTACH=full]315036[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315037[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315038[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]315039[/ATTACH] A beautiful phrase from this book to end my post: [I]If you can, even remember to help people you don't know. More precious than a kingdom it is to gain friends by kindness.[/I][/QUOTE]
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