Bohemian Protest

Letter of complaint of the Bohemian Lords against the burning of Master Jan Hus to the Council of Constance 1415, Edinburgh University Library

The only surviving version from the series of eight parchment documents. In this letter addressed to Council of Constance, representatives of Czech nobility express their protest and disagreement with burning Jan Hus, a protestant priest, at the stake.

Calligraphy on parchment, 99 attached wax seals