HTR Winter School 2024 - Medieval Czech - Prague Bible (1488)

Dataset based on Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, shelfmark Ink 13.C.5 (Bible)

The dataset was prepared by the Medieval Czech Group within Winter School of HTR of Medieval Documents 2024.

The Prague Bible (1488, Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, shelfmark Ink 13.C.5, available from: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC07537625, Old Czech) Print: Old Czech, Bastarda, end of the 15th C.

Print: Old Czech, Bastarda, end of the 15th C.

Origin of the data

Source of images: ÖNB (https://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_547662&order=1&view=SINGLE).

The transcription rules were based on semi-diplomatic transcription rules set by Pero OCR and Směrnice pro vydávání starších českých textů by Jiří Daňhelka (https://vokabular.ujc.cas.cz/moduly/edicnipoznamka.aspx?id=DanhelkaSmernice).

Data organisation

Selection of semi-diplomatic transcribed texts from the so-called Prague Bible (1488). Texts were transcribed by the participants of the HTR Winter School 2024 in Vienna:

Martin Plechatý: 7v–9v, Genesis, Gn 2:15–8:17

Daniel Katscher: 103r–105r, Joshua, Jos 7:13–11:3

Marie Hedvíková: 246r–247v, Judith, Jdt 4:14–7:28

Jan Škvrňák: 279r–281r, Psalms, Ps 31:10–39:6

Martina Spěváčková: 416r–417v, Ezechiel, Ez 22:22–25:2

Jan Švarc: 517v–519v, Gospel of Luke, L 11:51–16:4

Tereza Hejdová: 570r–571v, Hebrews, Hb 9:8–13:4 

Václav Steiner: 598v–599r, Apocalypsis, Ap 10:1–16:16

and corrected by Anna Michalcová.

Biblical abbreviations are according to the usage of the Old Czech dictionary (https://sources.cms.flu.cas.cz/src/index.php?s=v&bookid=1226&page=119).

Biblical abbreviations are according to the usage of the Old Czech dictionary (https://sources.cms.flu.cas.cz/src/index.php?s=v&bookid=1226&page=119). The transcription rules were based on semi-diplomatic transcription rules set by Pero OCR and Směrnice pro vydávání starších českých textů by Jiří Daňhelka (https://vokabular.ujc.cas.cz/moduly/edicnipoznamka.aspx?id=DanhelkaSmernice). Number of transcribed pages is listed above.

Copyright and licence

This dataset was created as part of the Winter School of Handwritten Text Recognition of Medieval Manuscripts 2024, Vienna at the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, all transcriptions are licensed under the Creative Commons 4 licence. Images were provided by the Austrian National Library (ÖNB).