Vyšší Brod 42

Manuscript 42 from the Cistercian monastery in Vyšší Brod (Hohenfurth), Czech Republic, compiled in 1410, represents one of the most important music sources from medieval Bohemia today. It provides insight into the rich and varied liturgical and devotional repertoire circulating in Central Europe just before the outbreak of the Hussite Wars in 1419. The manuscript’s collection of monophonic and polyphonic songs, one of the oldest in Europe, serves as a starting point for studies of the Latin mensural cantio, an important late medieval musical form and cultural phenomenon.