The left hand image is p. 239a of
Bohuslav Ludvík Alois Balbin z Orlicne's Miscellanea: Excerpta, 1681. (Nizhni Novgorod 1303, XX.) Balbin was a Bohemian Jesuit, who was an important scholar and philologist, and who
defended the literary value of the Czech language. He is the author of 32 printed works; his most important work is
Miscellanea historica regni Bohemiae (1699); he also wrote Dissertatio apologetica pro lingua Slavonica praecipue
Bohemica, 1661-1672, and Verisimilia humaniorum disciplinarum , 1666. The right hand image is p. 243 of Balbin's Miscellanea... Color slightly altered from original to enhance contrast Return to Table of Contents |