Chronica de gestis Hungarorum e codice picto saec. XIV Chronicle of the deeds of the Hungarians from the fourteenth-century illuminated codex
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Chronica de gestis Hungarorum e codice picto saec. XIV = Chronicle of the deeds of the Hungarians from the fourteenth-century illuminated codex
（Central European medieval texts, 9）
Central European University Press , National Széchényi Library, c2018
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Illuminated chronicle
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Mixed media
Original text in Latin with parallel English translation ; critical matter in English
Title from cover and spine: The illuminated chronicle
Map, Arpadian Hungary, on back lining papers
Includes bibliographical references (p.385-408) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Illuminated Chronicle was composed in 1358 in the international artistic style at the royal court of Louis I of Hungary. Its text, presented here in a new edition and translation, is the most complete record of Hungary's medieval historical tradition, going back to the eleventh century and including the mythical past of its people. The pictures in this manuscript-formerly known as the Vienna Chronicle-are not merely occasional illustrations added to some exemplars, but text and image are closely connected and mutually related to each other, to qualify it as a proper "illuminated chronicle". The artistic value of the miniatures is quite high, and the characters are drawn with detail and with a knowledge of anatomy. Forty-two of the miniatures are included in the present volume. A full color facsimile will be accessible online.
The 147 pictures are an invaluable source of information on late medieval cultural history, costume, and court life. In a historiographical context, The Illuminated Chronicle is an attempt at the popularization of the national history and a systematic appeal to circles beyond the old monastic-clerical audience.
Table of Contents
General Editors' Preface
The Chronicle of the Deeds of the Hungarians in European Context (Norbert Kersken)
Abbreviations
Abbreviations and signs in text and annotations
Titles cited in abbreviation
List of illustrations and tables
Annotated list of miniatures and medallions
Editors' Preface
CHRONICA DE GESTIS HUNGARORUM
CHRONICLE OF THE DEEDS OF THE HUNGARIANS
APPENDIX
Chapters 209-12 from related chronicles
Select Bibliography
Index of Names of Persons, Kindreds and Peoples
Index of Geographical Names
Gazetteer for Geographical Names
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