Gelnhausen Codex

{{short description|15th-century manuscript}}

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| location = Jihlava, Czech Republic

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| Date = ca. 1400–1408

| Place of origin = Jihlava, Bohemia

| Language(s) = Latin

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| Author(s) = John of Gelnhausen

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The Gelnhausen Codex (Czech Kodex Gelnhausenův) is an early 15th-century manuscript compiled by John of Gelnhausen, city scribe of Iglau (Jihlava). It is preserved in the city archive of Jihlava, Czech Republic. It is an important source of 14th-century Czech history.

Literature

  • Michael Simboeck: Der Codex Gelnhausen und seine Miniaturen. Iglau 1903, {{URN|nbn|de:bvb:824-dtl-0000040342}}.
  • Dietrich W. Poeck: Rituale der Ratswahl. Zeichen und Zeremoniell der Ratssetzung in Europa (12–18 Jahrhundert). (= Städteforschung. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für vergleichende Städtegeschichte in Münster. Reihe A: Darstellungen; Bd. 60), Böhlau, Köln/Weimar/Wien 2003, {{ISBN|3-412-18802-6}}.
  • Zum Jubiläum des Codex Gelnhausen 1405–2005. Iglau 2005.