Magyar News, 1999. szeptember-2000. augusztus (10. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2000-02-01 / 6. szám

A sampling of Hungarian cards

To the left:

A logo of a book merchant from the early 16th century in Buda. Received from Kinga Karajos, National Széchényi Library, Budapest.

To the right:

A beautiful poem in Hungarian by László Nagy:

“May God give me ...

It is worth learning Hungarian to be able to read this.

“May God give me luck, love, a warm oven, wheat in my bushel, a handshake into my lonely palm, and a flame in my lamp; 1 shouldn't be confined to my bed before time; He should send an answer to my question, so my faith wouldn’t falter; may God give us light; life instead of cemeteries; for me to ask is shameful, pray give me even if I don t ask. ”

Right: A triptych icon from Transylvania, dated back to the 18th-19th century. Received from Dr. Zoltán Fejős, Director of the Ethnographical Museum in Budapest.