Corvina Augusta

Corvina Augusta

Corvina Augusta
Die Handschriften des Königs Matthias Corvinus in der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
Hrsg. von Edina Zsupán unter Mitarbeit von Christian Heitzmann
Bibliotheca Nationalis Hungariae, Budapest, 2014.
[Supplementum Corvinianum III, edidit Stephanus Monok), 320 pages
ISBN 978-963-200-625-3

Language: 
Hungarian-German
5 000,- Ft
Available

The third volume of the Supplementum Corvinianum series of NSZL is a joint work of international cooperation on the nine Corvinas kept in the Herzog August Bibliothek of Wolfenbüttel.

It contains detailed descriptions of the codices and studies related to them written by the most renowned researchers of the topic in Hungary and abroad. Both the descriptions and the essays reveal new and interesting details of the items and the research of the entire Corvina Library, facilitated by the methodical innovation of our series that organizes and analyzes the Corvinas in groups according to their location today.

The beautiful volume is illustrated by high quality photographs.

Contents:

  • Zur Provenienz der Corvinen in Herzog August Sammlung (Christian Heitzmann)
  • Beschreibung der Corvinen der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel (Edina Zsupán)
  • Beschreibung einer problematischen Corvine: Cod. Guelf. 69.9 Aug. 2o (Regina Cermann)
  • Bartolomeo Fonzio and Matthias Corvinus (Alessandro Daneloni)
  • Four Ficino Codices from the Corvina Library (Valery Rees)
  • Zur Genese des Beatrix-Psalteriums (Edina Zsupán)
  • The Stellarium of Johannes Tolhopff (Endre Zsoldos)
  • Über den Miniator der Wolfenbütteler Tolhopff-Corvine (Árpád Mikó)
  • Die Corvinen in der Repräsentation von Herzog August (Edina Zsupán)

 

Previous titles in the series:

Ex Bibliotheca Corviniana. Die acht Münchener Handschriften aus dem Besitz von König Matthias Corvinus, hrsg. von Claudia Fabian, Edina Zsupán, Budapest, National Széchényi Library, 2008 (Supplementum Corvinianum I., Bavarica et Hungarica I).

De Bibliotheca Corviniana. Matthias Corvin, les bibliothèques princières et la genèse de l’État modern, publié par Jean-François Maillard, István Monok, Donatella Nebbiai, Budapest, National Széchényi Library, 2009 (Supplementum Corvinianum II).