Mikó Árpád – Verő Mária - Jávor Anna szerk.: Mátyás király öröksége, Késő reneszánsz művészet Magyarországon (16–17. század) 2. kötet (A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria kiadványai 2008/4)
The English Summary of Volumes I—II
BOOK ILLUMINATION IN lo^-l?' 1 * CENTURY HUNGARY The monumental cathedral ritual books are major, all-embracing works of late medieval illumination. The Kassa Graduale of 1518 is decorated with a harmonious blend of late Gothic and northern Renaissance styles. The codex is incomplete. The large chorus books were often broken up after passing out of use and used as book covers or archive folders. This is what happened to the Buda Antifonale and the Graduale of Máté Tolnai, Abbot of Pannonhalma, both outstanding examples of Buda miniaturist art. The praefationale of Antal Verancsics, Bishop of Eger, and the breviary of János Listhius, Bishop of Győr, are among the very few grand codices made in the second half of the 16th century. There are also smaller illuminated manuscripts from the period: the richly-decorated Kriza Codex (1531), which includes important early Hungarian text and books of prayers by the poets János Rimay and Mátyás Nyéki Vörös. Echoes of medieval graduales appeared in rarely-produced liturgical books whose illustrations were also attempts to imitate their precursors. Protestant graduales were decorated only with plant motifs. The book of songs by Ferenc Wathay, who escaped from Turkish capture, is a major text source of early Hungarian poetry and features both floral decorations and narrative illustrations. It is unique among Hungarian books. 1-12 Gradual from Kassa (Kosice) 1518 Parchment, ink, tempera, gold; 715* 590 mm; I. vol.: foil. 429, II. vol.: foil. 374 Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Kézirattár, I. vol.: Cod. Lat. 452, II. vol.: Cod. Lat. 172. 1-13 Fragments of an Antiphonal Buda, 1500-1510 Parchment, ink, tempera, gold, silver; both 600 * 320 mm Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Kézirattár, Töredékek A 23, III. and V. 1-14 Fragment of the Gradual of abbot Máté Tolnai (flSSô) from Pannonhalma 1515-1525 Parchment, ink, tempera, gold; fol. 1 ; 255 * 362 mm Pannonhalma, Főapátsági Könyvtár, Fragmentum-gyűjtemény 1-15 Graduale Romanum from Újhely (Uihei) 1623 Paper, ink, tempera; foil. [1] + 57 + 45; 260 * 198 mm Budapest, Egyetemi Könyvtár, A 115. 1-16 Gradual from Gyöngyös 1618 (Gyöngyös), 1623 Paper, ink, tempera; foil. 76 + 71 Budapest, Egyetemi Könyvtár, Kézirattár, A 114. 1-17 Gradual from Eperjes (Presov) 1635-1642 Paper, ink; foil. 387; 315 * 195 mm Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Kézirattár, Fol. Hung. 2153. 1-18 Gradual from Bellye (Bilje) 1642-1653 Paper, ink, tempera; foil. 254; 2° Debrecen, Tiszántúli Református Egyházkerületi és Kollégiumi Nagykönyvtár, Kézirattár, R 507. I-19a The Lugossy Codex Written by Pál Somogyi (Újfalu, Comitat Somogy), 1623—1634 Paper, ink, tempera; foil. 161 (38 fol. is missing); 4° Debrecen, Tiszántúli Református Egyházkerületi és Kollégiumi Nagykönyvtár, Kézirattár, R 537. I-19b Ornamental patterns from the Lugossy Codex End of the 16 th century Paper, ink, engraving; foil. 43 m; 88 x 144 mm Budapest, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtára, Kézirattár, K 56. 1-20 Songbook of Ferenc Wathay 1604-1606 Paper, ink, tempera; foil. 134; 195 *143 mm Budapest, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtár, Kézirattár, K 62. 1-21 The Csorna Codex 1638 Paper, ink, tempera; foil. 122; 143 * 97 mm Budapest, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Könyvtára, Kézirattár, K 72.
