Its most prominent foundation is the cathedral, built in the fourteenth century and restored c. 1883-86, which contains the tomb of King Wenceslas III, who was murdered there in 1306. The calendar is identical with the diocese of Olmütz (see Grotefend): Ludmilla martyr (September 16, with her translation on November 10), Procopius, Abbot of Prague (July 4); Adalbert, bishop of Prague (April 23); Wenceslas, king (September 28, with translation March 4, in red, in Breslau, Gnesen, Krakau, Olmütz, and Prague). Celebration of Stephen, King of Hungary, on August 21 is peculiar to Olmütz. These saints also appear in the Sanctoral. Other Prague saints are also included, Sigismund, Benedict and his brothers, Vitus, etc.

2. Almost immediately thereafter the manuscript was adapted to Danubian use, most likely in the diocesefew manuscripts preserve their original woodcut illustration at the moment when interactions between print culture and manuscript culture were frequent (see the useful studies by Areford and Hernad). The present exemplar therefore survives as an important document in the history of the book. Compare to a Prague Missal from approximately the same date, but smaller, more abbreviated textually (not really a full Missal), and with a dotted woodcut (London, Christie’s, 20 November 2002, lot 34, est. $32,000-47,000. (now Yale University, Beinecke Library).

The woodcut fits in a stylistic evolution of other Crucifixions from the same region, the faces, especially that of Saint John, typical of Austro-Bohemian style. The more elaborate conception, with the angels, the chalices, the setting of the cross, and the fine articulation of the figures, their