The Visual World of the Hungarian Angevin Legendary

Hardback Published on: 15/05/2016
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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