See also:

• WENCESLAUS (1361-1419)

WENCESLAUS See also:

• WENCESLAUS HANKA (1791-1861)

HANKA (1791-1861)  , Bohemian philologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Horeniowes, a See also:

• HAMLET

hamlet of eastern Bohemia, on the loth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1791 . He was sent in 1807 to school at See also:

• KONIGGRATZ (Czech, Hradec Kralove)

Koniggratz, to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape the See also:

• CONSCRIPTION (from Lat. con-, together, and scribere, to write)

conscription, then to the university of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, where he founded a society for the cultivation of the See also:

• CZECH (in Bohemian, Cech)

Czech See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . At See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, where he afterwards studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, he established a Czech periodical; and in 1813 he made the acquaintance of Josept See also:

• DOBROWSKY, JOSEPH (1753-1829)

Dobrowsky, the eminent philologist . On the 16th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1817 See also:

• HANKA, WENCESLAUS (1791-1861)

Hanka alleged that he had discovered some See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Bohemian See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript poems (the See also:

• KONIGINHOF (Dvur Kralove in Czech)

Koniginhof MS.) of the 13th and 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Kralodwor, or Koniginhof . These were published in 1818, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Kralodworsky Rukopis, with a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation by Swoboda . See also:

• GREAT

Great doubt, however, was See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt as to their genuineness, and Dobrowsky, by pronouncing The See also:

• JUDGMENT

Judgment of Libussa, another manuscript found by 'Hanka, an "obvious See also:

• FRAUD (Lat. fraus, deceit)

fraud," confirmed the suspicion . Some years afterwards Dobrowsky saw See also:

• FIT

fit to modify his decision, but by See also:

• MODERN

modern Czech scholars the MS. is regarded as a See also:

• FORGERY (derived through the French from Latin fabricare, to construct)

forgery . A translation into See also:

• ENGLISH

English, The Manuscript of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court, was made by Wratislaw in 1852 . The originals were presented by the discoverer to the Bohemian museum at Prague, of which he was appointed librarian in 1818 . In 1848 Hanka, who was an ardent Panslavist, took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress and other peaceful See also:

• NATIONAL

national demonstrations, being the founder of the See also:

• POLITICAL

political society Slovanska See also:

• LIPA

Lipa . He was elected to the imperial See also:

• DIET

diet at Vienna, but declined to take his seat . In the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1848 he became lecturer and in 1849 See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Slavonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages in the university of Prague, where he died on the 12th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1861 .

His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• WORKS

works and See also:

• EDITIONS

editions are the following: Hankowy Pjsne (Prague, 1815), a See also:

• VOLUME

volume of poems; Starobyla Skladani (1817—1826), in 5 vols.—a collection of old Bohemian poems, chiefly from unpublished See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts; A See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Slavonic Peoples (1818) ; A Bohemian See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar (1822) and A See also:

• POLISH

Polish Grammar (1839) —these grammars were composed ona See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan suggested by Dobrowsky; Igor (1821), an ancient See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian epic, with a translation into Bohemian; a part of the Gospels from the See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims manuscript in the Glagolitic See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character (1846); the old Bohemian See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles of Dalimil (1848) and the History of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles IV., by Procop Lupac (1848); Evangelium Ostromis (1853) .