20th Workshop of the Czech Handel Society

Wednesday 19 April 2017 at 6.00 pm.

Classroom No. 16 at ‘Vyšší odborná škola oděvního návrhářství a Střední průmyslová škola oděvní’ (Vocational High School for Clothing Design and Secondary Technical School for Clothing), Jablonského 3/333, Prague 7 – Holešovice, Czech Republic, close to the underground station ‘Nádraží Holešovice’ (line ‘C’).

Admission free.

Snacks & drinks available in vending machines on the premises of the School.

Programme:

The Second Life of the Kralice Bible
in the 18th Century and at the Beginning of the 19th Century
– the Halle and Pressburg Editions

The lecture will be given by Mgr. Jan Pišna, librarian at the Strahov Library, Prague, literary historian specializing in Early Modern Age.

Further information at ‘info@haendel.cz’.

 

The Halle Bible of 1722. Frontispiece and title-page. In the Collection of the Czech Handel Society; Prague, Czech Republic. Sig.: BiblHall1722-ČHäS. The volume was restored by Karel Křenek in 2017. Photographed by Petr Tylínek, ordinary member of the Society.

  

The Halle Bible of 1722. End of the Old Testament (Book of Sirach) and title-page to the New Testament. In the Collection of the Czech Handel Society; Prague, Czech Republic. Sig.: BiblHall1722-ČHäS. The volume was restored by Karel Křenek in 2017. Photographed by Petr Tylínek, ordinary member of the Society.