AZ EGYETEMI KÖNYVTÁR ÉVKÖNYVEI 12. (Budapest, 2005)

I. Az Egyetemi Könyvtár gyűjteményéből - Beregszászi Magdolna: Egy Suetonius-kódex rejtélye, avagy ki a nyitrai corrector

Beregszászi Magdolna csak már nem volt ideje javítgatni, hiszen lehet, hogy halála előtt kapta kézhez. SUMMARY The Suetonius Manuscript of the University Library deserves attention because of the question, whether it is a genuine Corvina-manuscript or a codex of János Vitéz (1408-1472) bishop of Esztergom. The manuscript itself is a monument of the Hungarian humanism, which we can consider not only with a view to texual criticism. This manuscript can be interesting for two reasons: its unexplained origin - whether it can be a Corvina or a piece of a valuable private library - on the one hand and because of the fact that it comprises some interesting glosses and emendations from various hands on the other. We can surely identify one of these correctors. During the research I tried to solve both problems, but to explore the origin of the codex is very difficult. The identity of emendators means the minor problem, because the handwriting of János Vitéz can be recognized among the notes because with comparison of the writing specimens we can establish, that some of the notes are his glosses. By reason of this we can say, that, in contrast with the earlier opinions, the Suetonius Codex isn't a real Corvina, but a codex of János Vitéz. The work came into the king's library after the death of Vitéz in 1472. That is why Vitéz didn't take his signature at the end of the codex, while the book was his own, not a Corvina. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Der Sueton-Codex der ÜB verdient auf jeden Fall Aufmerksamkeit, egal, ob die Aufmerksamkeit ihm als Original Corvina oder als dem Codex des Graner Erzbischofs János' Kardinal Vitéz (1408-1472) gilt und obwohl der Spruch „recentiores semper deteriores" auch in diesem Falle zutrifft, 32