The illuminated chronicle : chronicle of the deeds of the Hungarians from the fourteenth century /

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Imprint:	Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press ; Budapest : National Széchényi Library, [2018]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Central European medieval texts ; 9 Central European medieval texts ; v. 9.
Subject:	Hungary -- History -- 1000-1699 -- Sources. Hungary. Electronic books. History. Sources.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12484576

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Other authors / contributors:	Bak, János M., editor, translator. Veszprémy, László, editor, translator.
ISBN:	9633862655 9789633862650 9789633862643 9633862647
Notes:	Project MUSE; title from digital cover (viewed on November 27, 2018).
Summary:	The Illuminated Chronicle (formerly called the Vienna Chronicle), an illustrated chronicle, written in 1358, represents the international artistic style at the royal court of Louis I of Hungary. The 147 pictures of the chronicle are great source of information on medieval cultural history, costume, and court life in the fourteenth century. The artistic value of the miniatures is quite high, the characters are drawn with detail and with knowledge of anatomy. 42 of the miniatures are inserted into the text of the volume. The fourteenthcentury chronicle composition, presented here in a new editio.
Other form:	Print version: Illuminated chronicle. Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press ; Budapest : National Széchényi Library, [2018] 9633862647 9789633862643

Table of Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; General Editors' Preface; The Chronicle of the Deeds of the Hungarians in EuropeanContext; 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; Select Bibliography; Index of Names of Persons, Kindreds and Peoples; Index of Geographical Names; Gazetteer for Geographical Names

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