Jistebnice hymn book

Jistebnice Kancionál
Prague, National Museum
(II C 7)
Jistebnice hymn book
Date1420s
Place of origin Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Language(s)Czech, Latin
Materialpaper
Size132 leaves
Format31 x 21 cm
Previously keptJistebnice
Discovered1872 by Leopold Katz

The Jistebnice hymn book (Czech: Jistebnický kancionál) is a Czech hand-written hymnbook from around 1430 and the earliest witness to a concentrated effort to translate the liturgy of the Western Church into the vernacular.