The Corvina Library was King Matthias Hunyadi’s
royal library at the end of the 15th century in Budapest. The size of the library is not known exactly, it may have contained
approximately 2000 pieces. At that time
this was a significant collection, only the Vatican Library was bigger than the
library of King Matthias. Due to the high-level reception of Renaissance and
Humanism this unique decorative royal library could be created in late medieval
Hungary.
The pieces are hardly ever on dislpay so I was
very happy to be able to take some pictures of them at National Széchényi Library. Enjoy!
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