Zemské desky

They enjoyed kind of special quasi-worship: they were called the "witness which cannot be prevailed upon".

Officer in charge of them was the Lord High Scribe of Bohemia, from the gentry.

But these all burnt during the great Fire of Prague on 2 June 1541, the only exception was Volume from years 1316-1324.

During reign of Francis II (1795) they were numbered and the practice of colors and poetical names stopped.

They ceased to be used for recording in the year 1948, as a source of law in rare cases serve up today.