Rhymed German translation of the Old Czech chronicle of so called Dalimil in the context of the Czech, Latin and German textual tradition – linguistic, literary and historical analysis; edition and commentary

Schedule – The roadmap of the edition
1^st year

purchase of the technical equipment (the hardware and software, the appropriate material)

digitization of the source manuscript and editing the image data for further use

publication of the dissertation thesis providing an in-depth analysis of some selected aspects of the chronicle

purchase of the secondary literature required for the initial phase of the work

study and excerption in the libraries and the consultations with the competent experts (travels to Prague, Vienna, Regensburg)

beginning of the collation (manuscript, former editions, proposals of emendations etc.)

2^nd year

completion of the base electronic form of the text

comparison of the variants (Czech and Latin); interpreting and interrelating the results

statistical text analysis (concordance, frequencies etc.)

the electronic version; editing the textual and graphical material; preparing the user interface

study in the libraries and purchase of the secondary literature required for the actual phase of the work

beginning of the translation
3^rd year

completion of the parallel translation of the Old Czech text into German and the differential translation of specific passages into Czech; the respective commentary

final study and excerption in the libraries, purchasing literature and the consultations

completing the critical apparatus and the commentary, final redaction, corrections

completion of the electronic version with the commentary (optical medium or virtual environment)

publication of the printed edition