International Project
The Foundation will participate in a project of digitalization of
five antifonaris - rare manuscripts from the 15th century.
The codex was produced for the Bratislava canon Jan Hahn a
member of the chapter of the St. Martin cathedral . The antiphonary
is a cultural and historical source, illustrating a level of
knowledge and a way of thinking, and is also related to the history
of education.
These manuscripts belong to Bratislava's Chapter
Library, which is today the most artistic and historic collection
of valuable library manuscripts in Slovakia. The collection
contains more than 3000 pieces from the 12th - 19th centuries.
In this way, the cultural history of
Slovakia will become part of the UNESCO project "World Memory",
which is a worldwide cultural and information exchange program.
Estimated costs: 20.000 $
The 15th century Bratislava Antifonaris consists of five codices of
local origin. It probably originates from the Saint Martin
Cathedral scriptoria. It is lavishly illustrated in the late gothic
style, assumed to be the work of M. Prenner, who enriched the
colorful initial letters with motives from the sacral and secular
worlds.
Initial publication of five selected manuscripts from the library,
in CD-ROM format, will hopefully, be the first electronic
digitalization of other valuable historical documents, for
international presentation.
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