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The Royal Canonry publishes postcards not only of its largest and most famous monuments, which are the Strahov Picture Gallery and the Strahov Library — Philosophical and Theological Hall, but also of other Premonstratensian monasteries and other places of pilgrimage. These include the Church of St. James the Greater in Jihlava, the Milevsko Monastery, Svatý Kopeček near Olomouc, and the village of Doksany. As a special edition, a series of postcards Catalogus Stellarum Fixarum was created by the graphic artist AL-Sulfi. It has a rare style which is originally from Italy (Veneto) and is dating back to the second half of the 14th century. There are very few similar styles archived in the whole world and only one in the Czech Republic. The set of postcards deals with the depiction of 31 constellations, which are beautifully illustrated. As a new motive, the stars have been borrowed for a redraw, which comes into interesting contrast with the old world.

Client: the Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov
Authors: Klára Kvízová, Matyáš Bartoň
Cooperation: Ambrož Petr Šámal, O.Praem.
Typeface: Trivia Strahov, Trivia Humanist
Photo on the web: Oskar Helcel
2022