For the Collegium
Carolinum, of which he was the founder, he caused many noble volumes to
be executed, and among the vast treasures and curiosities of his
celebrated Schloss Karlstein was a fine collection of illuminated MSS.
In the Museum at Prag and other local libraries are still kept some
relics of his library. The "Liber Viaticus" of Bishop John of
Newmarkt--the "Orationale" of Bishop Arnestus (under French
influence)--the "Pontificale of Bishop Albert von Sternberg" (in the
library of the Pr?monstrant Monastery of Strahow)--the Missal of
Archbishop Ozko von Wlaschim (library of the Metropolitan Chapter in
Prag)--the Evangeliary of Canon John von Troppau (Johannes de Oppavia),
written and illuminated at Brunn, in Moravia, now in the Imperial
Library at Vienna. All these illuminated MSS. are examples of the great
variety of styles in which the Bohemian colony produced their work under
the auspices of their liberal patron, yet not without peculiarities
which mark the individuality of the artist. Thus while the Orationale of
Arnestus is almost French, the Passionale of Cunegunda is entirely free
from French influence. For costumes the Weltchronik of Rudolf von Ems,
1350-85, and now in the Royal Private Library at Stuttgard, is almost an
encyclop?dia.
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