Medieval Hungary: Medieval Manuscripts in Esztergom

From the 11th to the 31st of March, an exhibition provides the medieval manuscripts of the Cathedral Libray of Esztergom. Titled “For They Enjoy for Your Souls…” – Codices in the Cathedral Library of Esztergom, the exhibition is on see in the freshly restored exhibition rooms of the Bibliotheca.

The Cathedral Library of Esztergom preserves forty-5 medieval manuscript textbooks, which are displayed collectively for the first time now, in March 2022. The exhibition honors the archbishops and canons of Esztergom as effectively as the donators and former homeowners of the manuscripts, by whose generosity the library grew to become the largest collection of codices between ecclesiastical libraries of Hungary. The written culture of medieval Hungary is represented by fourteen codices copied in different Hungarian scriptoria. Two aged Hungarian manuscripts – early linguistic records – stand out from amongst the Latin publications on account of their specific price. The Nagyszombat Codex was organized in the monastery of the Poor Clares in Óbuda. It has meditations and guides for penance and confession. The Jordánszky Codex is the most entire medieval Bible translation into Hungarian, and is named following is previous operator, Elek Jordánszky, a canon of Esztergom. Out of the codices preserved in the Cathedral Library of Esztergom, with out a question a few have been utilised in Esztergom prior to 1543. These are the 12th-century Expositiones tremendous Cantica Canticorum, László Szalkai’s (1475-1526) schoolbook created by the upcoming archbishop amongst 1489 and 1490, and the codex of vicar-normal Albert Pesthy. The manuscript selection owned by the Archbishop and the Chapter of Esztergom was even further enriched during the sojourn of the Archbishopric in Nagyszombat (Trnava, Slovakia). Liturgical publications and astronomical works ended up obtained, as well as a manuscript containing letters by Saint Gregory the Wonderful, copied in the Benedictine Abbey of Moissac in the 11th century. In 1555, Nicholaus Olah )1493-1568), archbishop of Esztergom, donated the two-volume Bakócs Gradual to the church of Esztergom The deluxe Wladislav Gradual originates from Prague from the first ten years of the 16th century. It holds Bohemian musical substance, richly illuminated with historiated initials as nicely as border decorations with floral motifs, animal figures, and scenes from daily everyday living.