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Jistebnice Kancionál
Prague, National Museum (II C 7)
Jistebnice hymn book
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 and the earliest witness to a concentrated effort to translate the liturgy of the Western Church into the vernacular.

Content

The Jistebnice hymn book is the largest surviving compendium and the most important source of Hussite liturgy and singing in the Czech lands. It contains Czech translations of Latin liturgy, religious hymns, songs to be sung at vespers and also Czech folk Christmas carols.

It also contains the first record of the Hussite war song Ktož jsú boží bojovníci.

Storage

The manuscript is deposited in the Prague National Museum. A copy of the manuscript is in a gallery in Jistebnice, where the manuscript was found.

See also

• List of English-language hymnals by denomination

References

1. Anthology of Czech music
2. Holeton, David; Kolár, Jaroslav; Vidmanová, Anežka; Vlhová-Wörner, Hana (2005). Jistebnický kancionál : MS. Praha, Knihovna Národního muzea, II C 7 : kritická edice = Jistebnice kancionál : MS. Prague, National Museum Library II C 7 : critical edition. 1. svazek, Graduale. Brno: L. Marek. p. 11. ISBN 80-86263-56-8.
3. ^ "Jistebnice – naleziště slavného husitského chorálu" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2022-08-26.

Literature

• Holeton, David; Kolár, Jaroslav; Vidmanová, Anežka; Vlhová-Wörner, Hana (2005). Jistebnický kancionál: MS. Praha, Knihovna Národního muzea, II C 7: kritická edice = Jistebnice kancionál : MS. Prague, National Museum Library II C 7: critical edition. 1. svazek, Graduale. Brno: L. Marek. ISBN 80-86263-56-8.

External links

• Digitized manuscript
• Index of the manuscript's liturgical repertory
• Full index as included in the print edition

v t e Proto-Protestantism
400–1100 AD	People Jovinian Claudius of Turin Gottschalk of Orbais Ratramnus Berengar of Tours Sects and groups Pataria Berengarians
1100–1400 AD	People Tanchelm Peter of Bruys Henry of Lausanne Arnold of Brescia Peter Waldo Milíč of Kroměříž John Wycliffe Matthias of Janov Marsilius of Padua Sects and groups Arnoldists Waldensians Lollardy Strigolniki Friends of God Petrobrusians
1400–1500 AD	People Jan Hus Jan Žižka Mikuláš of Pelhřimov Petr Chelčický Johannes von Goch Johann Ruchrat von Wesel Wessel Gansfort Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples Lorenzo Valla Girolamo Savonarola Luke of Prague Sects and groups Bohemian Reformation Hussites Taborites Utraquism Czech Brethren Piagnoni
Events	Oldcastle Revolt Hussite Wars Compacts of Basel Peace of Kutná Hora Mérindol massacre Savoyard–Waldensian wars Piedmontese Easter
Literature	Wycliffe Bible Hussite Bible Jistebnice hymn book Ecclesiae Regimen Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards Triumph of the Cross (Girolamo Savonarola)
Other	Comparison of Catharism and Protestantism
Italics indicate their inclusion to be controversial or disputed.

• Music of the Czech Republic
• 1430s books
• Hussite history
• Protestant hymnals
• Czech manuscripts
• 15th-century manuscripts
• Collection of the National Museum in Prague