Tiskárna Jednoty bratrské v Ivančicích a její tisková produkce.

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F26%3AHIXF3Q7P" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/26:HIXF3Q7P - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/197512" target="_blank" >http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/197512</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

čeština

Název v původním jazyce

Tiskárna Jednoty bratrské v Ivančicích a její tisková produkce.

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Mass communication media play a crucial role in shaping public discourse, religious attitudes, and personal opinions. In the 16th century, the printing press became a significant media tool that fundamentally transformed the speed and manner of information dissemination. Gutenberg's reproduction technology served as the driving force behind the bloody confessional conflicts, while also being an essential condition for the successful propagation of religious ideologies. The Unity of the Brethren, renowned for its exceptional level of book culture, became a tightly knit, politically influential religious group during the second half of the 16th century. However, the role that the Brethren's printing house played in this process has not yet been sufficiently clarified. This dissertation focuses on the Brethren's printing house, which operated from 1562 to 1578 in Ivančice near Brno. It constitutes a case study in the history of book culture, primarily employing qualitative methods of typographic, iconographic, comparative, and content analysis. The main objective of the work is to map the operations and equipment of this earliest known institutional printing press in the Czech lands. Furthermore, the dissertation presents the media strategies of the Narrow Council (a governing body of the Unity of the Brethren) in disseminating Brethren ideology and defending doctrinal positions, including the typographic means and typesetting practices used. A subsidiary aim of the work is to illuminate the motivations of the Brethren bishops for establishing the institutional printing press within the broader context of Brethren printing, as well as to verify an earlier claim regarding the origins of the press's equipment at the Ivančice printing house. The production of the Brethren's printing house in Ivančice is described and interpreted based on a detailed typographic analysis of the surviving copies. The Brethren's press is presented through a heuristic survey of archival sources as a specific type of printing house characterized by a noncommercial, narrowly focused publishing program directly managed by the college of bishops. The result of the research is the first complete inventory of the exceptionally rich typographic material held by the Brethren's printing house, along with new insights into the media strategy of the Brethren bishops, who aimed to evangelize and educate their members through exclusive printed publications, as well as to preserve confessional identity, legitimize the Brethren church, and promote self-representation. The comparative research has disproven the earlier hypothesis regarding the origin of the typographic materials of the Brethren's printing house from the supplies of Alexander Oujezdecký. New perspectives on the Ivančice production also provide insights from iconographic analysis, particularly regarding foreign sources of inspiration and the purpose of the decorations in the Brethren hymnals. The conducted iconographic analysis of book decoration has revealed previously unsuspected connections between the ornamentation and the liturgical practices established by the Brethren. Selected initials and decorative borders, designed in the style of Mannerism and emblematics, illustrate that the decorative elements not only enhanced the appeal of the Brethren's Bibles and hymnals to influential supporters of the Brethren but also served as sophisticated educational and mnemonic tools. Drawing on a detailed examination of the material aspects of the Ivančice books, the research convincingly demonstrated that the Brethren's printing house was not merely a utilitarian tool for disseminating religious texts but represented a cornerstone in the Brethren's concept of religious education aimed at faith in Christ and leading a virtuous life, which are considered essential conditions for achieving salvation within Brethren doctrine. Through a thoughtful publishing strategy inspired by the proven practices of foreign printers, this persecuted religious group successfully spread its ideology and garnered support from influential patrons and protectors. In doing so, it ensured the stability and prestige of its community during a time of confessional polarization and ultimately even legalized its status.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Tiskárna Jednoty bratrské v Ivančicích a její tisková produkce.

Popis výsledku anglicky

Mass communication media play a crucial role in shaping public discourse, religious attitudes, and personal opinions. In the 16th century, the printing press became a significant media tool that fundamentally transformed the speed and manner of information dissemination. Gutenberg's reproduction technology served as the driving force behind the bloody confessional conflicts, while also being an essential condition for the successful propagation of religious ideologies. The Unity of the Brethren, renowned for its exceptional level of book culture, became a tightly knit, politically influential religious group during the second half of the 16th century. However, the role that the Brethren's printing house played in this process has not yet been sufficiently clarified. This dissertation focuses on the Brethren's printing house, which operated from 1562 to 1578 in Ivančice near Brno. It constitutes a case study in the history of book culture, primarily employing qualitative methods of typographic, iconographic, comparative, and content analysis. The main objective of the work is to map the operations and equipment of this earliest known institutional printing press in the Czech lands. Furthermore, the dissertation presents the media strategies of the Narrow Council (a governing body of the Unity of the Brethren) in disseminating Brethren ideology and defending doctrinal positions, including the typographic means and typesetting practices used. A subsidiary aim of the work is to illuminate the motivations of the Brethren bishops for establishing the institutional printing press within the broader context of Brethren printing, as well as to verify an earlier claim regarding the origins of the press's equipment at the Ivančice printing house. The production of the Brethren's printing house in Ivančice is described and interpreted based on a detailed typographic analysis of the surviving copies. The Brethren's press is presented through a heuristic survey of archival sources as a specific type of printing house characterized by a noncommercial, narrowly focused publishing program directly managed by the college of bishops. The result of the research is the first complete inventory of the exceptionally rich typographic material held by the Brethren's printing house, along with new insights into the media strategy of the Brethren bishops, who aimed to evangelize and educate their members through exclusive printed publications, as well as to preserve confessional identity, legitimize the Brethren church, and promote self-representation. The comparative research has disproven the earlier hypothesis regarding the origin of the typographic materials of the Brethren's printing house from the supplies of Alexander Oujezdecký. New perspectives on the Ivančice production also provide insights from iconographic analysis, particularly regarding foreign sources of inspiration and the purpose of the decorations in the Brethren hymnals. The conducted iconographic analysis of book decoration has revealed previously unsuspected connections between the ornamentation and the liturgical practices established by the Brethren. Selected initials and decorative borders, designed in the style of Mannerism and emblematics, illustrate that the decorative elements not only enhanced the appeal of the Brethren's Bibles and hymnals to influential supporters of the Brethren but also served as sophisticated educational and mnemonic tools. Drawing on a detailed examination of the material aspects of the Ivančice books, the research convincingly demonstrated that the Brethren's printing house was not merely a utilitarian tool for disseminating religious texts but represented a cornerstone in the Brethren's concept of religious education aimed at faith in Christ and leading a virtuous life, which are considered essential conditions for achieving salvation within Brethren doctrine. Through a thoughtful publishing strategy inspired by the proven practices of foreign printers, this persecuted religious group successfully spread its ideology and garnered support from influential patrons and protectors. In doing so, it ensured the stability and prestige of its community during a time of confessional polarization and ultimately even legalized its status.

Druh

O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

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Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů