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Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443–90) created the Bibliotheca Corviniana, in its day one of Europe’s finest libraries. After his death, and especially after the conquest of Buda by the Turks in 1541, the library was dispersed and much of the collection was destroyed, with the surviving volumes scattered all over Europe.
Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. Bibliotheca Corviniana was one of the most renowned libraries of the Renaissance world, established by Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, in Buda Castle between 1458 and 1490. The books were stolen and taken to Istanbul after the Hungarian defeat by the Ottomans in the Battle of Mohács in 1526.
George of Poděbrady and Matthias Corvinus, a painting by Mikoláš Aleš. Matthias's election was the first time that a member of the nobility mounted the royal throne in Hungary. [26] Michael Szilágyi sent John Vitéz to Prague to discuss the terms of Matthias's release with George of Poděbrady. [36]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... the Renaissance in a manuscript from the library of Matthias Corvinus, ... – full text (English translation) Books 1–5 of ...
At the beginning of his historical work, Ranzano delivers an oratory speech to the royal couple, Matthias and Beatrice, depicting the royal portraiture, ruler virtues, morals and qualities of Matthias. The author develops the Corvinus' origin myth, claiming that the king descends from that Roman gens named Corvinus, who were settled by ...
Republics and Kingdoms Compared is a Socratic dialogue set in the court of King Mattias Corvinus of Hungary. The work depicts a debate between the king himself, his illegitimate son Prince János (John Corvinus), and Florentine knight and merchant Domenico Giugni.
The subsequent owners of the formulary book – three different handwriting can be distinguished – continued the text of the third annales. The second author preserved events from the year 1490 (the death of Matthias, the coronation of Vladislaus II and the first phase of the War of the Hungarian Succession).
Antonio Bonfini (Latin variant: Antonius Bonfinius) (1427‒1502 [1]) was an Italian humanist and poet serving as a court historian in Hungary under King Matthias Corvinus during the last years of his career. [2] Bonfini was commissioned by Matthias Corvinus to produce a work chronicling the History of Hungary.