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Tisky Jana Sixta z Lerchenfelsu k přenesení ostatků Sv. Norberta
| Title in English | Prints of Jan Sixtus of Lerchenfels on the translation of the relics of St Norbert |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Bibliotheca Strahoviensis |
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| Web | https://www.strahovskyklaster.cz/publikace |
| Keywords | St Norbert; old prints; old czech literrature |
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| Description | The article presents the prints of Litoměřice Provost Jan Sixtus from Lerchenfels, realized at the time of the translation of the remains of St Norbert. In 1627 an edition was created of Life of St Norbert, which Sixtus compiled based on other biographies available in print. Principle in consideration is the Praemonstratensis ordinis nonnulorum Patrum vitae of the Abbot of Louka Sigismund Kohel, dated 1608. Sixtus divided Norbert’s life up into 35 chapters and in several places tried to create for the Czech reader a parallel with Czech history. Other updates concerned the translation of Norbert’s body from Magdeburg in 1626, where the merits of Emperor Ferdinand II, the abbot of Strahov Kašpar Questenberg and the Provost of Doksany Kryšpín Fuk are highlighted. In 1628 Sixtus realized the first part of The Transfer of St Norbert, which he con ceived as an apologia for the translations of holy relics and the ceremonies related thereto. In addition to examples from the Bible, Sixtus also drew extensively from Hájek’s Czech Chronicle (1541). The publication of the second volume was evidently disrupted by Sixtus’s death on 3 November 1629. We can only speculate how Sixtus might have elaborated his description of the whole event. At the end of the first volume, Sixtus briefly annotated the content of the intended sequel: „A second volume will soon be devoted to the collection and translation of St Norbert’s bones up until the first procession, the second with God’s help may be happily performed.” With this rather cryptic description, Sixtus draws attention to the beffort to include in the volume the festivities from the beginning of May 1627 and also the annual celebration from 21 May 1628. |
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