RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR MEDIEVALISTS IN SLOVAKIA
 

1. Guides to archives and libraries

Electronic Portal to Slovak History and Auxiliary Historical Sciences
Electronic Portal to Slovak Archives
A Guide to the Historiography in Slovakia. ed. Elena Mannová, Bratislava, 1995.
Stieberová, Mária–Júlia Hautová, ed. Informatívny sprievodca štátnych archívov Slovenskej republiky. Vol. I, II/1–2. [Informative guide to the State Archives in the Slovak Republik] Bratislava, 2000–2001.

2. Slovak archives with significant medieval holdings
The archives of the state are organised in a three level scheme: there are two central archives (the national archives and the central mining archive), 8 state archives and 38 subsidiaries of the state archives. For medieval research the archives of noble families are also relevant. Repositories of the state archives preserve mostly archives of the medieval cities and market-towns.

Slovenský národný archív [Slovak National Archives]
Bratislava 817 01, Drotárska cesta 42, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv@sna.vs.sk http://www.civil.gov.sk/snarchiv
Inventory: Štátny ústredný archív v Bratislave. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch. [State Central Archive in Bratislava Guide to the archival fonds] Bratislava, 1964. Archive of the loca credibilia of the collegiate chapter in Bratislava (ca. 2,000 charters, one protocollum authenticum and several unpublished early modern archival tools in manuscript form), of the Benedictine monastery in Hronský Beňadik, of the Premonstratensian convents in Jasov, Leles and Kláštor pod Znievom (Turiec); Private ecclesiastical archives of the collegiate chapter in Bratislava, of the Premonstratensian convents in Jasov and Leles; Family archives with medieval sources; Archive of the dominicum Habsburg in Vienna; Manuscript Library of the collegiate Chapter in Bratislava (44 manuscripts from the 12th–15th c.)

Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici [State Archive in Banská Bystrica]
Sládkovičova 1, SK-974 05 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv@sabb.vs.sk
Inventory: Matulay, C. Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch. [State Archive in Banská Bystrica. Guide to the archival fonds] Vol. 1, Bratislava, 1962.
Otruba, Š. Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch. [State Archive in Banská Bystrica. Guide to the archival fonds] Vol. 2, Bratislava, 1969. Archival fonds of the Counties Zvolen and Gemer; Family archives with medieval sources.

Štátny archív v Bratislave [State Archive in Bratislava]
Križkova 7, SK-811 04 Bratislava, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv.soba@mvsr.vs.sk
Inventory: Watzka, Jozef et al., eds. Štátny archív v Bratislave. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch. [State Archive in Pressburg. Guide to the archival fonds] Bratislava, 1959. Archives of the county Pozsony/Bratislava; Archival fonds of the Franciscan province in Bratislava; Family archives with medieval sources; Collection of materials concerning different noble families.

Štátny archív v Bytči [State Archive in Bytča]
Bytča – kaštieľ, SK-014 35, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv@saby.vs.sk
Inventory: Kočiš, Jet al., eds. Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici – pobočka v Bytči. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch. [State Archive in Banská Bystrica – Repository in Bytča. Guide to the archival fonds] 2 vols. Bratislava, 1962–1965. Archives of the County Liptov, Trenčín (in part), Turiec; Family archives with medieval sources.

Štátny archív v Košiciach [State Archive in Košice]
ul. J. Bačíka 1, SK-041 56 Košice, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv@sake.vs.sk
Inventory: Bidovský, E. et al., eds. Štátny archív v Košiciach. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch I. [State Archive in Kassa. Guide to the archival fonds] Vol. 1, Bratislava, 1963.
Andrássy, L. et al. eds. Štátny archív v Košiciach. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch. [State Archive in Kassau. Guide to the archival fonds] Vol. 2, Bratislava 1965. Archival fond County Abov; Ecclesiastical archive of Dominicans in Košice.

Štátny archív v Levoči [State Archive in Levoča]
nám. majstra Pavla 60, SK-054 01 Levoča, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv@sale.vs.sk
Inventory: Kočiš, J. et al., eds. Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici – pobočka v Bytči. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch. [State Archive in Banská Bystrica – Repository in Bytča. Guide to the archival fonds ] 2 vols. Bratislava, 1962–1965. Archive of the County Spiš, Province of 16 cities in Spiš, County of the Szepes lancers’ cities; Municipal archive of Levoča and Gelnica; Archive of the locus credibilis and private archive of the Collegiat chapter from Spiš; Family archives with medieval sources.

Štátny archív v Nitre [State Archive in Nitra]
Novozámocká 383, SK-951 12 Nitra – Ivánka, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv@sanr.vs.sk
Inventory: Kostický, B.–J. Watzka, et al. Štátny archív v Bratislave - pobočka v Nitre. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch. [SA in Bratislava – Repository in Nitra. Guide to the archival fonds] Vol. 2, Bratislava, 1963. Archive of the County Nitra (part); Archive of the Augustinian prepository in Nové Mesto nad Váhom; Noble family archives.

Štátny archív v Prešove [State Archive in Prešov]
Hlavná 137, SK-080 01 Prešov, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv@sapo.vs.sk
Inventory: Uličný, Ferdinand, et al. Štátny archív v Prešove. Sprievodca po archívnych fondoch. [State Archive in Pressau. Guide to the archival fonds] Vol. 1, Bratislava, 1959. Archive of the County Šariš; Noble family archives.

Archív mesta Bratislavy [Archive of the city of Pozsony/Pressburg/ Bratislava]
Primaciálne nám. 2, SK-814 71 Bratislava, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv@samb.vs.sk
Inventory: Lehotská, Darina et al. Archív mesta Bratislavy. Sprievodca po fondoch a zbierkach. [Archive of the City Bratislava. Guide to the archival fonds and collections] Praha, 1955.
Lehotská, Darina et al. Archív mesta Bratislavy. Inventár stredovekých listín, listov a iných príbuzných písomností. [Archive of the City Bratislava. Inventory of medieval charters and similar materials] Bratislava 1956.
Horváth, Vladimír. Archív mesta Bratislavy. Inventár úradných kníh. [Archive of the City Bratislava. Inventory of official books] Bratislava, 1975. Municipal archive of Bratislava (ca. 5,000 charters before 1526 and an unique series of town books from the 14th and especially the 15th c.); Archive of the St. Ladislas hospital in Bratislava; Fraternitas Corporis Christi; Archive of the guild of tailors; Collection of armales and nobilitation; Collection of ecclesiastical sources (mainly manuscripts and fragments from the 12th to the 15th c.)

Archív mesta Košíc [Archive of the City of Košice]
Address: Kováčska 20/1, SK-040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Archive of the city council in Košice (1239–1922); Archives of the guilds; Collection of manuscripts (from early 16th c.); Collection of music written sources (from the 14th c.)

3.1. Charters and related
Bárdossy, J. Supplementum Annalectorum terrae Scepusiensis. Levoča, 1802.
Chaloupecký, Václav, ed. Středověké listy ze Slovenska. [Medieval letters from Slovakia] Bratislava–Praha, 1937.
Császár, Mihály. Academia Istropolitana. Mátyás király pozsonyi egyeteme oklevéltára. [Charters of the Pozsony University of King Matthias] Pozsony, 1914.
Gácsová, Alžbeta, ed. Dokumenty k protifeudálnym bojom slovenského ľudu. [Documents to History of anti-feudal fight of the Slovak people] Bratislava, 1955.
Húščava, Alexander, ed. Archív zemianskeho rodu z Okoličného. [Archive of the noble family de Okoličné] Bratislava, 1943.
Hýroš, Štefan. “Odpisy z listárne liptovského rodu Palúgyay.” [Copies from the archive of Liptov noble Family Palugyay] Letopis Matice Slovenskej 9:1 (1872): 78–84.
Iványi, Béla, ed. Bártfai szabad király város leveltára 1319–1526. [Archive of the free royal town Bardejov] Budapest, 1910.
Iványi, Béla, ed. Eperjesi szabad király város leveltára 1245–1526. [Archive of the free royal town Prešov] Budapest, 1931.
Juck, Ľubomír, ed. Výsady miest a mestečiek na Slovensku (1238–1350). [Privilegies of the cities and markets in Slovakia] Bratislava, 1984. (in Latin )
Kniezsa, István, ed. Stredoveké české listiny. [Medieval Czech charters] Budapest, 1952.
Marsina, Richard, ed. Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris Slovaciae. Vol. 1. [till 1240] Bratislava, 1971; Vol. 2. [till 1260] Bratislava, 1987. (Vols. 3 and 4 are in preparation)
Marsina, Richard–Kušík, Michal, ed. Urbáre feudálnych panstiev. [Urbaria of feudal landowners] 2 vols. Bratislava, 1959. From the 16th and 17th c.
Opočenská-Jeršová, Mária, ed. Rod Ivánka z Jordánu a Dražkoviec. Príspevok k dejinám Turca. [Noble family Ivánka of J. and D. A Supplement to the History of Turiec] Bratislava, 1937.
Opočenská-Jeršová, Mária. “Slovenský diplomatár.” Sborník Muzeálnej spoločnosti slovenskej 25 (1931): 1–32; 26 (1932): 33–48; 27–28 (1933/34): 49–64; 29 (1935): 65–80.
Ratkoš, Peter, ed. “Doplnok k liptovskému diplomatáru. (Šestnásť listín z archívu rodiny Szentiványi).” [Supplement to the Diplomatary of Liptov. 16 charters from the archive of noble family Szentiványi] Historický sborník 5 (1947): 17–99.
Ratkoš, Peter, ed. Dokumenty k banícke povstaniu na Slovensku (1525–26). [Documents to the Uprising of Miners in Slovakia (1525–26)] Bratislava, 1955.
Sasinek, Franko V. “Listiny mesta Prievidze.” [Charters of Prievidza] Letopis Matice Slovenskej 2 (1875): 85–112.
Sasinek, Franko V. “Listiny Turč. sv. Martina.” [Charters of T. Sv. Martin] Letopis Matice Slovenskej 1:1 (1874): 70–106.
Sasinek, Franko V. “Zo zbierok Matice slovenskej: Listiny sl. kr. mesta Sv. Jur.” [From Collections of Matica Slovenská: Charters of free royal town Sv. Jur] Letopis Matice Slovenskej 6:2 (1869): 78–85; 7:1 (1870): 97–98; 10:1 (1873): 70–80; 10:2 (1873): 62–71.
Schmauk, M. Supplementum Annalectorum terrae Scepusiensis. Pars 2, Spišské Podhradie, 1889.
Sedlák, Vincent, ed. Regesta diplomatica necnon epistolaria Slovaciae. Vol. 1, [1301–1304] Bratislava 1980; Vol. 2, [1315–1323] Bratislava, 1987 – in the language of the sources (Vols. 3 and 4 are in preparation)
Varsík, Branislav, ed. Slovenské listiny a listy z XV. a XVI. storočia. [Slovak Charters and Letters from the 15th and 16th centuries] Bratislava, 1956.
Wagner, Carolus. Annalecta Scepusii sacri et profani. Vol. 1–4, Wien, 1773.
Wagner, Carolus. Diplomatarium comitatus Sarosiensis. Bratislava–Košice, 1780.

3.2. Laws
Chaloupecký, Václav, ed. Kniha Žilinská. [The Žilina book] Bratislava, 1934.
Horváth, Sándor. A Liptói és Turóci registrum. [The registers of Turóc and Liptó] Budapest, 1902.
Kuchar, Rudolf, ed. Žilinská právna kniha. [The book of municipal law from Žilina] Bratislava, 1993.
Meier, Jörg–Piirainen, Ilpo Tapani, ed. Der Schwabenspiegel aus Kaschau. Berlin, 2000.
Papsonová, Mária–Piirainen, Ilpo Tapani, ed. Das Recht der Spiš / Zips. 2 vols. Oulu, 1992.
Piirainen, Ilpo Tapani, ed. Das Stadt und Bergrecht von Banská Štiavnica / Schemnitz. Oulu, 1986.
Piirainen, Ilpo Tapani, ed. Das Stadtrechtsbuch von Sillein. Berlin–New York, 1972.
Ziegler, Arne, ed. Actionale Protocollum. Das älteste Stadtbuch von Bratislava/Pressburg aus den Jahren 1402–1506. Bratislava, 1999.

4. Major Slovak libraries with medieval manuscripts
Knižnica / Literárny archív Matice Slovenskej [Library / Literary Archive of Matica slovenská]
Námestie J. Cígera Hronského 1, SK-036 52 Martin, Slovakia
e-mail: archiv@matica.sk http://www.matica.sk

Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave [University Library in Bratislava]
Michalská 1, SK-811 01 Bratislava, Slovakia
http://www.ulib.sk
Inventory: Kotvan, Imrich. Rukopisy Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave. [Mss of the University Library in Bratislava] Bratislava, 1970.

The Slovenský národný archív [Slovak National Archive] – see above, also holds numerous mss.

4.1. Catalogues and studies to the medieval manuscripts and fragments in Slovakia
Sopko, Július. Stredoveké latinské kódexy v slovenských knižniciach. [Medieval Latin mss. in Slovak libraries] Martin, 1981.
Sopko, Július. Stredoveké latinské kódexy slovenskej proveniencie v Maďarsku a Rumunsku [Medieval Latin Mss. of Slovak Provenance in Hungary and Romania] Martin, 1982.
Sopko, Július: Kódexy a neúplne zachované rukopisy v slovenských knižniciach [Mss. and Fragments in Slovak libraries] Martin, 1986.

4.2. Facsimiles and editions
Buran, Dušan et al., eds. Antiphonary of Bratislava. 2 vols. Memoria Slovaciae Medii Aevi Manuscripta, Martin, 2000–2004. CD-ROM edition.
Káčerík, Adrian. Codex Nitriensis Latinus: edizione critica del codice. Žilina, 1999.
Sopko, Július–Valach, Július–Lašut, Filip, eds. Nitriansky evanjeliár. [The gospel-book of Nitra] Martin, 1987.
Szendrei, Janka–Rybarič, Richard. Musicalia Danubiana. Missale notatum Strigoniense ante 1341 in Posonio. Budapest, 1982.

4.3. Selected studies
Buran, Dušan–Šedivý, Juraj. “Listiny a knižné maliarstvo na sklonku stredoveku.” [Charters and illumination at the end of middle ages] in Gotika. Dejiny slovenského výtvarného umenia, Bratislava, 2003, 512–527.
Buran, Dušan–Šedivý, Juraj. “Písmo a knižné maliarstvo: objednávatelia, umelci a adresáti.” [Writing and book illumination: submitters, artists and addresssees] in Gotika. Dejiny slovenského výtvarného umenia, Bratislava, 2003, 161–181.
Kuzmík, Jozef. Slovník starovekých a stredovekých autorov prameňov a knižných skriptorov so slovenskými vzťahmi. [Dictionary of ancient and medieval book authors and scriptors with relations to Slovakia] Martin, 1983.
Sopko, Július. “Die Kodexliteratur aus der Slowakei des Mittelalters.” Zborník Filozofické fakulty Univerzity Komenského – Graeco-orientalia 6 (1974): 47–80.
Veselovská, Eva. Mittelalterliche liturgische Kodizes mit Notation in den Archivbeständen von Bratislava. Bratislava, 2002.

5. Selected editions of narrative texts related to the territory of present-day Slovakia
Havlík, Lubomír E. ed. Magnae Moraviae fontes historici. 5 vols., Pragae–Brunnae, 1966–1977.
Milik, J. ed. Vita sanctorum heremitarum Zoerardi Confessoris et Benedicti martyris, Saint Andrew Zoerardus. Roma, 1966.
(Several Latin sources have been recently published in Slovak translation.)