The Visual World of the Hungarian Angevin Legendary
Hardback Published on: 15/05/2016
Price: £128
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Synopsis
Dispersed in two continents, four countries and six collections; many of its pages were cropped, cut into four, or lost forever; its history, origin, commissioner and audience are obscure; still, in its fragmented state it presents fifty-eight legends in abundant series of images, on folios fully covered by miniatures, richly gilded, using only one side of the fine parchment; a luxurious codex worthy of a ruler; a unique iconographic treasury of medieval legends; one of the most significant manuscripts of the medieval Hungarian Kingdom - these are all what we call the Hungarian Angevin Legendary.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
- ISBN: 9789637326257
- Number of pages: 350
- Dimensions: 232 x 249 x 24 mm
- Weight: 1324g
- Languages: English
