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PREFACE

ments of the council of Constance, the shorter account of Huss’s life by Mladenowicz, a life of Jerome of Prague, etc. I have cited the Frankfurt edition, although both editions have been on my table and used.

{{hi|1em|Documenta Mag. J. Hus. 1403–1418. Ed. Francis Palacky. Prague, 1869, pp. 755. Contains Huss’s letters, Mladenowicz’s full account of Huss from his journey to Constance to his death, the different lists of charges made against Huss and one hundred and twenty other official documents, with some added matter translated from the Bohemian, Huss’s alleged catechism, etc. It would be difficult to find such a full and well-organized collection of materials bearing on the life of any other historic character.}}

The editions edited by Wenzel FlajshansExpositio Decalogi, Prague, 1903, pp. 51; de Corpore Christi, Prague, 1904, pp. 35; de Sanguine Christi, Prague, 1904, pp. 42; super IV. Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, in connection with Doctor M. Kominkova, Prague, 1905, pp. 772. Sermones de Sanctis, Prague, 1907, pp. 405. All prefaced with elaborate introductions in German.

HUSS’S CZECH WRITINGS

K. J. Erben: 3 vols., 1865–1868. Vol. I contains Expositions of the Decalogue, App. Creed, etc. Vol. II, the Postilla Huss Boh. sermons. Vol, III, a Com. on the Song of Solomon and letters.
F. Zilka: under the title The Spirit of Huss’ Works, 3 vols., 1901.
Mares: Letters of Hus, Prague, 1891. 2d ed., 1901.

TRANSLATIONS

Letters of John Hus, trsl. with introductions by H. B. Workman and R. Martin Pope, London, 1904, pp. 286.
Huss: Treatise on the Church, de Ecclesia, trsl. with notes, David S. Schaff, New York, 1915.
German trsl. of Sermons by W. von Langsdorff, Leipzig, 1894, pp. 150.
C. von Kügelgen: Die Gefangenschaftsbriefe des J. Hus, a reprint of the Wittenberg ed. 1536, Leipz., 1902, pp. 30.

OTHER AUTHORITIES

Van der Hardt: Magnum Constantiense Concilium, 6 vols., Frkf. and Leipz., 1700. An invaluable collection of documents gathered with vast industry but thrown together without regard for chronological or logical order, bearing upon Huss and the council, Jerome of Prague, etc. Contains also works of Gerson, Clemangis, Nieheim, and Lives of Gerson, d’Ailly, etc. Illustrated with many