Tanulmányok Budapest Múltjából 27. (1998)
PICTURES OF THE LAST CORONATION IN HUNGARY - NOTES
94. Autumn Gallery in Műcsarnok. Lechnerroom Copy of a photo. Abbreviations in the above description: BTM = (Budapesti Történeti Múzeum) Budapest Historical Museum MNM = (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum) Hungarian National Museum. NOTES: 'Charles has never been crowned Austrian Emperor. 2 Róbert K. KERTÉSZ: IV. Károly apostoli magyar király koronázásának művészi és műszaki munkái. (Artistic and technical works of the coronation of Charles IV King of Hungary.) Budapest, 1917. p: 9. 3 Miklós BÁNFFY: Emlékeimből (Memoirs) Kolozsvár, 1924. p: 20. 4 Kertész, p: 12. 5 Endre ILLÉS: Bánffy Miklós in: Banff y Miklós: Megszámláltattál (You are counted). Budapest, 1982. p: 5. The next quotation was also here published. Bánffy's portrait titled "The Dilettante" written by Endre Illés was first published in the mounthly of literature Kortárs, 1965. 6 BÁNFFY: Megszámláltattál (You are counted), p: 5. 7 Premiere of The Carved Prince occurred 1917, the one of The Bluebeard, 1918. 8 Károly KÓS: Kőből, fából házat ... igékből várat. (Of stone and wood make a house ... of Word make a castle) (In memóriám Kós Károly 1883-1983). Budapest, 1983. p:35. 9 ln the literature at that time only Lechner. 10 Kós: Kőből... (Of stone and wood...) p: 42. 11 Bánffy: Megszámláltattál, (You are counted). p: 11. 12 Obviously there was a conflict of generations between Bánffy's group and Schulek. Art historians agreed during long decades with the "Young Ones". Nowadays in 1996 Schulek's rebuilding is appreciated. 13 Now in the Hungarian National Museum. Inventory No: 1960.190. 14 Former unit of luminous intensity. According to specialists of Tungsram a 15 W bulb is equivalent to cca 7 handlelight that means: 1 candlelight is a bit more than 2 W. 15 Kertész, p: 45. 16 The Master of the horse was at that time count Gyula Széchenyi but because of his great age (87) there was duke Miklós Esterházy, Grand Cupbearer, who acted as his substitute at the coronation. Bánffy doesn't note who of the two gave the order. 1 according to Kertész the request arose 5 days prior to the coronation. 18 Bánfty: Emlékeimből (Memoirs) p: 24. 19 As for Kray. According to Koronázási Album (Picture-book of coronation) at half past 6. Koronázási Album. Published by Érdekes Újság. Budapest, 1917. p: 40. 20 Both Zita's and Otto's coronation dresses are kept by Kunsthistorisches Museum (Monturdepot), Wien, Inventory No: KHM MDp9. 21 According to Koronázási Album the dress was designed by Mrs. Bazala industrial artiste, it doesn't mention Girardi. Different data are given concerning the embroidery. Girardi seems to be more reliable as source. 99 Magyar Divatipar. 1929. 6. p: 2. The firm was managed at that time by Tibor, the son. He was remembering. ^Inventory No: 52.2682.1. 25 In the Textile Collection of the Hungarian National Museum. Inventory No: In the Textile Collection of the Hungarian National Museum. Inventory No: 1960. 543.1-3. 26 Bánffy: Megszámláltattál. (You are counted) p: 13. 27 The following quotation as well: Kray, p: 502. 28 Kray, p: 502. The sword is not of St. Stephen's age, but it dates back to the 15th century. 29 Kray, p: 505. 30 Quotation from Gieser-Pecar, Tamara: Zita. Die Wahrheit über Europas letzte Kaiserin. (Zita. The truth concerning the last Empress in Europe.) Ulm, 1991. p: 126127. 31 Kray, p: 506. 32 Magyar Iparművészet, 1917. 1-3. p: 68. 33 National Inspectorate of Historic Buildings. Hungarian Architectural Museum. Budapest, I. Táncsics u. 1. Inventory No: 69.025.537. 17
