This paper is a first attempt to examine a relatively unknown Byzantine grammar attributed to the twelfth-century poet Theodoros Prodromos. The paper deals with various aspects of this work like the recent scholarly work, Prodromos' authorship, the manuscript tradition, and its purpose of composition. The main purpose of this article is therefore to highlight the importance of this obscure grammatical work in an attempt to set the ground for a future detailed study.
The scholarly attention paid to Anna Katharina SweertsSporck has so far focused on the phase of her youth when she was engaged in translating books chosen by her father count Franz Anton Sporck for publishing. The article explores her interest in the book culture in the later stage of her life after her forced entrance into marriage in 1712. Anna Katharina initiated a large program of publishing and spreading devotional literature. The project was realized in cooperation with the Servite friar Wilhelm M. Löhrer and it aimed to cultivate internal, affective piety as a newly appraised type of religiosity which was increasingly popular across the confessional boundaries in the eighteenth century., Veronika Čapská., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
Medicejský dvorní filosof Galileo Galilei je považován za symbolického zakladatele vědecké metody oproštěné od vnějších vlivů, v níž rétorika, natož argumentační fauly, zdánlivě nemají své místo. Článek představuje pozadí vzniku a přijatých rétorických strategií málo zkoumaného spisu Il Saggiatore (Prubíř), jenž je zřejmě jedním z nejvýraznějších svědectví proti přetrvávajícímu černobílému obrazu Galilea jako nezávislého, výhradně racionálního vědce, jenž své myšlenky vyjadřuje jazykem matematiky a geometrie zproštěným emocí. Jak ale případ Prubíře zřetelně ukazuje, Galileo byl také dvořanem a literátem, jehož práce byla silně ovlivňována přísnými pravidly patronátu. V reakci na knihu Libra astronomia ac philosophica jezuity Orazia Grassiho, jenž Galilea verbálně atakoval pod maskou fiktivního studenta jménem Lotario Sarsi, byl medicejský matematik přinucen bránit sebe a své patrony všemi dostupnými prostředky. Il Saggiatore však sloužil i k propagaci nových zásad vědeckého bádání zastávaných členy Accademia dei Linei. and Medicean court philosopher Galileo Galilei is considered to be a symbolic founder of the scientific method exempt from the external influences. There's apparently no place for rhetoric in the "new science", nor the usage of rhetorical fallacies. The paper is outlining the logic of background and adopted rhetorical strategies of Galileo's rarely surveyed treatise Il Saggiatore (Assayer), which is possibly one of the most evident testimonies against his persisting black-and-white image as an independent, exclusively rational scientist who expresses his ideas in the emotionless language of mathematics and geometry. The case of The Assayer however shows clearly that Galileo was also following the court manner and a man of the letters whose work was heavily influenced by the strict rules of patronage. The medicean mathematician was forced to defend himself and his patrons by any means in reaction to the book Libra astronomica ac philosophica by the Jesuit Orazio Grassi who verbally attacked Galileo behind the mask of the fictional student named Lotario Sarsi. Nevertheless, Il Saggiatore also served to promote the new rules for scientific research carried out by the members of Accademia dei Lincei.
On March 11th, 2008 one hundred years will have passed since the death of Josef Hlavka, one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the 19th century in former Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a prominent architect and the most distinguished patron of Czech science and the arts and founder and first president of Czech Academy of Science and the Arts, the predecessor of today´s Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The 100th anniversary of the death of Josef Hlávka has been cited by UNESCO as a World Cultural Anniversary. and Josef Pechar.
The article provides an investigation into the foundational activities of Kutná hora burghers at the turn of the 15th centruy. It summarizes data on the holdings of the patronage rights to rural parish churches in the hands of burgher families. It also presents an analysis of reports on the pious foundations of altars, chapels, or liturgical memorials by burghers in order to establish how much Kutná Hora burghers utilized these churches as family burial grounds and thus also places of family memory, representation, and legitimization of their power or social position., Vojtěch Vaněk., and Obsahuje literaturu a odkazy pod čarou
The dispute over water privilege concerning the parish streams between the parish priests in Pacov (under the auspices of local Carmelite monastery in the same place) and aristocratic owners of the neighbouring manor Kámen lasted for a long time, between 1720 and 1757. It is one of the model examples of the changes in attitude regarding the treatment of legal and administrative cases and the law in general at the turn of the eras of Charles VI. and Maria Theresa. The dispute is well documented and, thanks to various types of sources, provides a large amount of interesting material and background for further research. P. Václav Josef Skokánek, the parish priest of Pacov, is a person of special interest to us as he was significantly involved in the dispute. He could even be called an archetypal figure of the priest living and working at the turn of Baroque and Enlightenment periods.
In Vienna, Josef Hlávka is mainly remembered as one of the most successful architects and builders of the 1860s. In a period of ten years from the 1860 to the 1870, he designed and built almost 150 buildings. One of the most significant achievements is the Vienna Opera which he built at the request of Emperor Franz Joseph I during the period of 1863-1869. The Emperor was very pleased with it and presented him with a special prize. and Josef Pechar, Marina Hužvárová.