Csaba Csapodi

Books of hours were the prayer-books most commonly used by the laity during the Middle Ages. They were especially popular with women and served the purposes of priváté devotion. To somé extent books of hours were modelled on the breviaries of the time, these being prayer-books used by the...

On the 500th anniversary of the death of King Matthias, the National Széchényi Library, successor of the once world-famous Bibliotheca Corviniana, could pay no more fitting tribute to the humanist ruler than to exhibit the items that have survived from the collection. This is the first time...

VORWORT Die Buchgeschichtliclie und Bibliographische Arbeitskommission der Ungarischen Akademie der Wissenschaften beabsichtigte ursprünglich, das Armarium zur Fünfhundert] ahrfei er des ungarischen Buches im Jahre 1973 zu veröffentlichen. Man wollte eine Reihe von Studienbänden eröffnen,...

Eine unvergleichliclie und weltweit bekannte Schöpfung der ungarischen Renaissancekultur war die Bibliothek des Königs Mattliias Corvinus (1458-1490). Sie erreichte nicht nur den höchsten europäischen Stand jener Zeit, sondern übertraf auch alle Sammlungen, die sich damals in ihrer Art -...

Books of hours were the prayer-books most commonly used by the laity during the Middle Ages. They were especially popular with women and served the purposes of private devotion. To some extent books of hours were modelled on the breviaries of the time, these being prayer-books used by the clergy....