Lenka Panu.ková has been working at the Department of Medieval Art of Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences since 2009. In her career, she has taught at the Charles University and University in Ostrava. Her main areas of interest include medieval iconography, female spirituality, illuminated manuscripts and their functions, astronomy and astrology in the Middle Ages and the art of Anglo-Saxon England.

"For those who have long been fascinated by the remarkable mid-fourteenth-century picture book known as the Velislav Bible, the volume edited by Lenka Panu.ková has been eagerly awaited; for medievalists not acquainted with this fascinating manuscript, this volume will serve as a welcome introduction. [...] I’m delighted to have this book and recommend it to all interested in medieval manuscript illustration, apocalyptic and biblical studies, and didactic and homiletic practices."<br>- Richard K. Emmerson, <cite>The Medieval Review</cite>, 21.02.08 (2021) <br><br> "The contributors to this volume bring to light, once again, the famous Czech/Bohemian picture Bible, the <cite>Velislav Bible</cite>, created sometime in the first half of the fourteenth century. Older research had already recognized the great value of this Bible, and the authors of the collected articles stand on their shoulders and try to offer new perspectives... This is a well edited volume, and much credit goes both to the editor and the contributors, as well as to the publishing house."<br>- Albrecht Classen, <cite>Mediaevistik</cite> 32, 2019 <br><br> "Overall, the publication offers a very good introduction into the complexities of the Velislav Bible [...] it will surely become the standard work on this Czech manuscript."<br>- Zsombor Jékely, <cite>Speculum</cite> Vol. 97, No. 2 (April 2022)

• I. Studying the Velislav Bible: An Overview (Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panusková) II. Text and Image in the Velislav Bible: To the Interpretation of an Illuminated Codex (Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panusková) III. The Velislav Bible in the Context of the Late Medieval Biblical Narratives and Mnemotechnics (Lucie Dole¸alová) IV. The Books of Genesis and Exodus in the Picture Bibles: Looking for an Audience (Lenka Panusková) V. Life of Antichrist in the Velislav Bible (Pavlína Cermanová) VI. Ostensio thesaurum Antichristi: Iconography of the Pictorial Narrative Vita Antichristi in the Velislav Bible (Katerina Hornícková) VII. Ibi predicit hominibus: Searching for the Practical Function of the Velislav Bible (Milena Bartlová) VIII. Edition of the Tituli (Anna Kernbach) Primary Sources Bibliography List of Manuscripts List of Illustrations General Index

Lenka Panu.ková has been working at the Department of Medieval Art of Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences since 2009. In her career, she has taught at the Charles University and University in Ostrava. Her main areas of interest include medieval iconography, female spirituality, illuminated manuscripts and their functions, astronomy and astrology in the Middle Ages and the art of Anglo-Saxon England.

"For those who have long been fascinated by the remarkable mid-fourteenth-century picture book known as the Velislav Bible, the volume edited by Lenka Panu.ková has been eagerly awaited; for medievalists not acquainted with this fascinating manuscript, this volume will serve as a welcome introduction. [...] I’m delighted to have this book and recommend it to all interested in medieval manuscript illustration, apocalyptic and biblical studies, and didactic and homiletic practices."<br>- Richard K. Emmerson, <cite>The Medieval Review</cite>, 21.02.08 (2021) <br><br> "The contributors to this volume bring to light, once again, the famous Czech/Bohemian picture Bible, the <cite>Velislav Bible</cite>, created sometime in the first half of the fourteenth century. Older research had already recognized the great value of this Bible, and the authors of the collected articles stand on their shoulders and try to offer new perspectives... This is a well edited volume, and much credit goes both to the editor and the contributors, as well as to the publishing house."<br>- Albrecht Classen, <cite>Mediaevistik</cite> 32, 2019 <br><br> "Overall, the publication offers a very good introduction into the complexities of the Velislav Bible [...] it will surely become the standard work on this Czech manuscript."<br>- Zsombor Jékely, <cite>Speculum</cite> Vol. 97, No. 2 (April 2022)

• I. Studying the Velislav Bible: An Overview (Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panusková) II. Text and Image in the Velislav Bible: To the Interpretation of an Illuminated Codex (Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panusková) III. The Velislav Bible in the Context of the Late Medieval Biblical Narratives and Mnemotechnics (Lucie Dole¸alová) IV. The Books of Genesis and Exodus in the Picture Bibles: Looking for an Audience (Lenka Panusková) V. Life of Antichrist in the Velislav Bible (Pavlína Cermanová) VI. Ostensio thesaurum Antichristi: Iconography of the Pictorial Narrative Vita Antichristi in the Velislav Bible (Katerina Hornícková) VII. Ibi predicit hominibus: Searching for the Practical Function of the Velislav Bible (Milena Bartlová) VIII. Edition of the Tituli (Anna Kernbach) Primary Sources Bibliography List of Manuscripts List of Illustrations General Index

Lenka Panu.ková has been working at the Department of Medieval Art of Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences since 2009. In her career, she has taught at the Charles University and University in Ostrava. Her main areas of interest include medieval iconography, female spirituality, illuminated manuscripts and their functions, astronomy and astrology in the Middle Ages and the art of Anglo-Saxon England.

"For those who have long been fascinated by the remarkable mid-fourteenth-century picture book known as the Velislav Bible, the volume edited by Lenka Panu.ková has been eagerly awaited; for medievalists not acquainted with this fascinating manuscript, this volume will serve as a welcome introduction. [...] I’m delighted to have this book and recommend it to all interested in medieval manuscript illustration, apocalyptic and biblical studies, and didactic and homiletic practices."<br>- Richard K. Emmerson, <cite>The Medieval Review</cite>, 21.02.08 (2021) <br><br> "The contributors to this volume bring to light, once again, the famous Czech/Bohemian picture Bible, the <cite>Velislav Bible</cite>, created sometime in the first half of the fourteenth century. Older research had already recognized the great value of this Bible, and the authors of the collected articles stand on their shoulders and try to offer new perspectives... This is a well edited volume, and much credit goes both to the editor and the contributors, as well as to the publishing house."<br>- Albrecht Classen, <cite>Mediaevistik</cite> 32, 2019 <br><br> "Overall, the publication offers a very good introduction into the complexities of the Velislav Bible [...] it will surely become the standard work on this Czech manuscript."<br>- Zsombor Jékely, <cite>Speculum</cite> Vol. 97, No. 2 (April 2022)

• I. Studying the Velislav Bible: An Overview (Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panusková) II. Text and Image in the Velislav Bible: To the Interpretation of an Illuminated Codex (Anna Kernbach and Lenka Panusková) III. The Velislav Bible in the Context of the Late Medieval Biblical Narratives and Mnemotechnics (Lucie Dole¸alová) IV. The Books of Genesis and Exodus in the Picture Bibles: Looking for an Audience (Lenka Panusková) V. Life of Antichrist in the Velislav Bible (Pavlína Cermanová) VI. Ostensio thesaurum Antichristi: Iconography of the Pictorial Narrative Vita Antichristi in the Velislav Bible (Katerina Hornícková) VII. Ibi predicit hominibus: Searching for the Practical Function of the Velislav Bible (Milena Bartlová) VIII. Edition of the Tituli (Anna Kernbach) Primary Sources Bibliography List of Manuscripts List of Illustrations General Index