Passional of Abbes Kunigunde

Passional of Abbess Kunigunde
Prague, National Library of the Czech Republic (XIV A 17)
Dedication Illustration on fol. 1v
Date	between 1312–1321
Place of origin	Prague Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Language(s)	Latin
Scribe(s)	canon Beneš
Author(s)	Kolda of Koldice and others
Compiled by	canon Beneš
Illuminated by	maybe Beneš
Patron	Kunigunde of Bohemia, abbess of the St. George's Convent in Prague
Material	parchment
Size	37 leaves
Format	30 x 25 cm
Previously kept	St. George's Convent, Prague

The Passional of Abbess Kunigunde is an illuminated Latin manuscript commissioned by Prague Benedictine Abbess Kunigunde of Bohemia, daughter of King Ottokar II of Bohemia, after 1312. The work is an anthology of mystic treatises on the theme of Christ‘s passion, two of them were composed by Czech Dominican friar Kolda of Koldice. The manuscript was written and maybe also illuminated by Prague canon Beneš, who served as a priest in the St. George's Convent.

The earliest surviving coloured depiction of the heraldic emblem of Bohemia (today the Lesser coat of arms of the Czech Republic) can be found in the manuscript.

Coat of arms of Bohemia

Kunigunde and Jesus

The Holy Face

Fol. 17v

Angel