
Michal Dragoun is a professional codicologist.
In the course of the project, he produced a codicological analysis of Matthias of Knín’s quodlibetal handbook.
Michal is a specialist in Czech medieval book culture and the history of libraries, and has taken part in various projects focusing on cataloguing and publishing medieval manuscripts. He collaborates with Czech historical memory institutions, especially with the National Museum Library and the National Library of the Czech Republic, and he participated in the publication of catalogues of some of their collections.
Michal focuses on identification of the origin of codices and preserved texts as well as on the history and design of particular libraries; he has co-authored several publications about the libraries in Augustinian monasteries in Roudnice nad Labem, Třeboň and Borovany.
Education
2000 – Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, – M.A. in History and Archival Studies
Selected publications
- Michal Dragoun, Adéla Ebersonová, Lucie Doležalová, Středověké knihovny augustiniánských kanonií v Třeboni a Borovanech, Dolní Břežany: Scriptorium 2021
- Michal Dragoun, Jindřich Marek, Kamil Boldan, Milada Studničková, Knižní kultura českého středověku, Praha: Scriptorium 2020
- Lucie Doležalová, Michal Dragoun, eds., Kříž z Telče (1434–1504). Písař, sběratel a autor, Praha: Scriptorium 2020
- Michal Dragoun, Středověké rukopisy v českých zemích. Handbušek kodikologa, Praha. Scriptorium, 2018
- Milada Homolková, Michal Dragoun, eds., Tabule staré a nové barvy Mikuláše z Drážďan ve staročeském překladu, Praha: Scriptorium 2016