Folia Theologica et Canonica 10. 32/24 (2021)
Recensions
300 RECENSIONS in the 14th - 16th centuries); Padova kánonjogi doktorai és kódexeik az esztergomi káptalanban a XIV—XV században (Budapest-Szeged 1998: Cadon law doctors and their codices in the Esztergom Cathedral Library, in the 14th - 15th centuries); Studentes extra regnum — Esztergomi kanonok egyetemjárása és könyvhasználata 1183-1543 (Bibliotheca Instituti Postgradualis Iuris Canonici Universitatis Catholicae de Petro Pázmány nominatae III/9, Budapest 2007: The Canons of Esztergom and their literature, 1183-1543); and Kanonistische Handschriften aus dem Bestand vor 1543 der Kathedralbibliothek Esztergom (Gran) und zwei Belege für das Pecien-System im Rahmen des universitären Unterrichtes in der Österreichischen Nationalibliothek (in Monumenta Iuris Canonici C/14; Cittä dei Vaticano 2010), which have become a decisive basic work for the process of medieval codices with Hungarian relevance. Kinga Körmendy has made a significant effort to establish the correct use of the terms ‘provenance’ and ‘possessor’ in the definition of individual manuscripts and fragments: that is, to clearly distinguish in research which medieval manuscripts had actual use in medieval Hungary and which ones, although of medieval origin, were most likely acquired in Hungary after the medieval period. Most recently, he has done indispensable work in compiling a detailed catalogue, describing the codices of the Esztergom Arch-Cathedral Library, the Archbishop Simor Library, and the Municipal Library of Esztergom (Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences - National Széchényi Library, 2021). The latter, which took several years of accurate work, also enabled him to carefully revise his most important studies on the culture of literature in Esztergom and Nagyszombat (Trnava) before 1543 and between 1543 and 1929, in the light of the latest scientific research. His works, thus clarified and completed, are included in the commemorative volume Libri diversi magni et parvi. The collective work analyzed here, edited by Kinga Körmendy and Edit Madas, consists of six larger sections, of which Chapters II—V contain the most important studies by Kinga Körmendy (pp. 31-239). Within the first Chapter (A középkori Esztergom [1000-1543] - The Medieval Esztergom [1000- 1543]) we can read Détshy Mihály’s work on the ‘Esztergom before the occupation in the light of a confession’ (A hódoltság előtti Esztergom egy vallomás tükrében, pp. 18-30). The second Chapter (i.e. Medieval cathedral literature and library culture, pp. 31-98) is introduced by Kinga Körmendy’s writing on ‘Collections in Esztergom Fortress, before 1545. Surviving volumes’ (Könyvgyűjtemények az esztergomi várban 1545 előtt. Fennmaradt kötetek, pp. 31— 49), after that take place Edit Madas (The Esztergom schoolbook - Az esztergomi iskoláskönyv [Wien, Schottenstiff Cod. Lat. 305], pp. 50—69) and András Német articles (Textbook and pastoral auxiliar book from the Esztergom school - Tankönyv és lelkipásztori segédkönyv az esztergomi iskolából [OSZK Cod. Lat. 410], pp. 70-71; Central European Poetic Ten Commandments in a 15th
