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
the end of the century, in a compilation by Zakariás Mossóczy and Miklós Telegdi. The most important, most quoted legal source book in the early modern age was István Werbőczy 's Tripartitum, which went into several editions in Latin and Hungarian and was even translated into Croatian. The title page was usually a finely-produced woodcut, but did not refer to the contents. In the editions by János Zsámboky, the title page was decorated by pictures of Hungarian kings. One of these was King Matthias, copied from one of the classicstyle coin portraits. 11-18 Statute book of Pál Gregoriánczi (The Gregoriánczi Codex) 1556/1557 Paper, ink; foil. 562; 320 * 245 mm Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Kézirattár, Fol. Lat. 4126. 11-19 Décréta Regnum Hungáriáé of Palatine Tamás Nádasdy (the so-called greater Nádasdy Codex) 1558 Paper, ink; pp. 56, foil. 565; 320 x 245 mm Budapest, Egyetemi Könyvtár, Kézirattár, G. 39. II-20 The first Hungarian edition of the Tripartitum of István Werbőczy Debrecen, Raphael Hoffhalter, 1565, Gyulafehérvár? (Alba Iulia?), 1568 Paper; foil. [5], [41], [128]; 272 x 190 mm; 2° Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Régi Nyomtatványok Tára, RMK I 56a „B"-version (1. copy) 11-21 Hungarian edition of the Tripartitum of István Werbőczy, from Kolozsvár (Cluj) Kolozsvár (Cluj), Gáspár Heltai, 1571 Paper; foil. [4], 174 [recte 166], [10]; 198 * 145 mm; 4° Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Régi Nyomtatványok Tára, RMK I 87 (2. copy) 11-22 Latin edition of the Tripartitum of István Werbőczy from 1572 Vienna, Blasius Eber, 1572 Paper; foil. [14], 102, [12], 1 woodcut, 1 printer mark; 2° Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Régi Nyomtatványok Tára, BJvIK III 619. 11-23 Latin edition of the Tripartitum of István Werbőczy from 1581 Vienna, Erhard Hiller, 1581 Paper; foil. [18], 136, [27], [6], 75, 1 woodcut; 2° Budapest, Országos Széchényi Könyvtár, Régi Nyomtatványok Tára, App. H. 488. THE CULT OF KING MATTHIAS King Matthias became an object of nostalgia as early as the Jagiello Era, and after Mohács his reign was looked back on as a golden age. Objects supposed to have belonged to the great king appeared in aristocratic treasuries. György Báthory 's will of 1569 mentions "King Matthias' salt cellar", and Verancsics' 1573 will the king's goblet. Objects linked to Matthias appeared repeatedly in the 17 th century. Mihály Apafi, Prince of Transylvania, was alleged to own a "King Matthias cup". For many of these, the connection was purely legendary. Some still survive: the Esterházy treasury includes the "Matthias Ring", made in the second half of the 16th century, and several other pieces : the Matthias Flask, the Matthias Goblet and the Matthias Coat, which also dates from much later than the 15th century. The Habsburg family itself, the kings of Hungary, also attempted to acquire as much of possible of Matthias' treasures: the famous pair of white marble reliefs of Matthias and Beatrix passed from Gergely Bornemissza, Bishop of Csanád, to King Maximilian, and several dozen books from the Corvina Library found their way into the library of the Vienna court. Works of art linked to Matthias were still highly esteemed in the 19th century: Sámuel Nemes Literati, the famous antique dealer and forger, painted Matthias' arms into a north Italian architectural treatise of around 1500 and sold it to Jenő Zichy as "the former property of the master builder of our King Corvinus" around 1841—1842 (the Zichy Codex). 11-24 Portraits of King Matthias and Queen Beatrix Unknown sculptor (Giovanni Dalmata?), 1485-1490(?) Marble, green jasper; 55 x 38,5 cm Budapest, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Régi Szoborgyűjtemény, 6711, 6712. H-25 Ring with sharped diamond, the so-called Matthias-ring South German (?), beginning of the 17 th century (?) Gold, facelt diamond, coloured enamel; h.: 3,5 cm, diam.: 2,3 cm. Budapest, Iparművészeti Múzeum, Ötvös Osztály, E. 65.10. II-26a The Zichy Codex Angelo Cortivo (1462-1536), c. 1500 Paper, ink, red chalk; 199 leaves (20 leaves are missing), small folio, 295 x 205 mm Budapest, Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár, PAM q09.2690.
