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turned out to be working for the Czech National Library, paid nine million
crowns (around four hundred thousand US dollars) to buy a unique medieval
manuscript - the Chronicle of Dalimil - that relates the history of
Bohemia. Rosie Johnston has been following the story, and asked Czech
Radio's Jan Krelina in Paris about the sale
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Current AffairsTraining Iraqi restorers in the Czech Republic
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work at a special school in Litomysl. The course was organised as part of
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Welcome to the programme. This week we take you to an unusual exhibition -
a bold and daring endeavour and certainly nothing for the squeamish. But
first of all we bring you the latest in the world of art in the Czech
Republic.
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