Josef Truhlář and his attitudes concerning the authenticity of Manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and Zelená Hora Cover Image

Účast Josefa Truhláře ve sporu o pravost Rukopisů
Josef Truhlář and his attitudes concerning the authenticity of Manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and Zelená Hora

Author(s): Jindřich Marek
Subject(s): History, Source Material
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Masarykův ústav
Keywords: Josef Truhlář ; Manuscript of Dvůr Králové ; Manuscript of Zelená Hora ; history of science ; source criticism ; Jan Gebauer ; Athenaeum journal

Summary/Abstract: This article is focused on opinions that the literary historian and Custodian of the Prague Imperial-Royal University Library (now the National Library of the Czech Republic) Josef Truhlář (1840–1914) had on Manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and Zelená Hora. Initially, he had been convinced of the authenticity of the Manuscripts, but after Gebauer's groundbreaking article questioning their authenticity published in the Athenaeum journal in February 1886, he re-evaluated his older opinions and published a series of articles in this journal denying the authenticity of the Manuscripts. These articles were focused on suspicious finding circumstances of these allegedly old monuments, parallels in their texts with literary works from the early 19th century, and on other contemporary fake manuscripts.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 47
  • Page Range: 133-157
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Czech