Making Sigillographic Material Accessible to Researchers – Digitising, Catalogues, Editions of...

Making Seals of the Archives of the Bohemian Crown Accessible: Digitisation and Database Processing

Jitka Křečková, Kateřina ZenklováNational Archives in Prague

Olomouc, 13. 10. 2016

The National Archives – ICARUS• since 2004 Monasterium• since 2008 International Centre for Archival

Research (ICARUS)• since 2014 project Community as Opportunity

(CO:OP)– digitisation of seals from the archival holding Archives of

the Bohemian Crown (AČK)

Archives of the Bohemian Crown(AČK)

1158–1935

• facsimile edition of AČK – charters up to 1526• 2525 charters on www.monasterium.net– focused on palaeographical and diplomatical

studies

Buijtenen storage system

Digitisation of the seals of AČK

• Canon camera, 18,7 MB (approx. 5184x3456 pixels), 350 DPI, TIFF/24b format

• as of 13th October 2016 completed: 2532 photographs and entries up to 1383

• planned digitisation of the most important part of the holding AČK, i. e. seals up to 1620

Golden Bull of Sicily NA, AČK, Inv. no. 2

Friedrich II, 1212

Charles IV, 1347

Golden bull of roman and bohemian king NA, AČK, Inv. no. 280

John II, king of France, 1356

NA, AČK, Inv. no. 562

NA, AČK, Inv. no. 65 NA, AČK, Inv. no. 906

Krnov, 1311 Rottenmann, 1364

1st secretum, 1339 NA, AČK, Inv. no. 203

John Volek, bishop of Olomouc

2nd secretum, 1340NA, AČK, Inv. no. 215