What's in a Prague street name

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Category: Manuscripts

  • Prague 2, day 92: Slavojova

    Originally published on X on 6 February 2023. Slavojova was built around 1892. During the Nazi occupation, this was Albíkova, after Zikmund Albík z Uničova, or Sigismund Albicus (died 1427), provost of Vyšehrad and archbishop of Prague from 1409 to 1423. Otherwise, it seems I inadvertently wrote everything that I had to say about the…

  • Prague 2, day 91: Lumírova

    Originally published on X on 5 February 2023. Lumírova was built before 1892. In 1817, a young lawyer called Václav Hanka allegedly went to Dvůr Králové nad Labem, and, while in the Church of Saint John the Baptist, found a manuscript from the 13th century (approx). Given its place of discovery, it became known as…