Beginning in 1541 the Land Rolls of Bohemia were bound and kept in the (now Old) Royal Palace in Prague. Most fascinating are the beautifully painted spines of the 18th-century Land Rolls, each a miniature canvas adorning its respective volume. But why? Whimsy? No, surely not for purely decorative reasons. Is there meaning in the medium? The eye delights while the mind ponders.
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