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Museums, libraries and treasuries abroad preserve a great number of objects coming from the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. The list below gathers some of the most famous of these works. The list is far from complete, and aims to gather mainly those works which are illustrated on the web.\


 
Cross of queen Gisela, wife of Siant Stephen. Commissioned by the Queen  for the tomb of her mother at the Niedermünster in Regensburg. Presently preserved in Munich.

Regensburg, after 1006

 


 
The diptych of King Andrew III of Hungary. Preserved at the Historisches Museum, Bern

Venice, c. 1290


 
The reliquary shrine of Queen Elizabeth of Hungary, from the convent of the Poor Clares at Óbuda  - at the Cloisters in New York

Paris, 1340s


 

Schatzkammerbild at Mariazell, donated by King Louis the Great around 1360.

 


 
Reliquary cross of King Louis the Great. At the Ecclesiastical Treasury in Vienna.

Between 1370-1382


 
The Hungarian Angevin Legendary.  The bulk of this Hungarian royal manuscript is preserved at the Vatican, with additional pages in the Pierpont Morgan Library, the Hermitage, the Metropolitan Museum, the Louvre.

Hungary (?), 1330s


 
The Bible of Demeter Nekcsei, at the Library of Congress, Washington (see description of Hungarica at the collection)

Bologna, 1330s


 
The Istanbul antiphonal, preserved at the Topkapi Serai, Istanbul.

Buda, 1360s


 
The Library of King Matthias - the Corvina Library

Manuscripts have been scatterred all over the world. For an overview, see the Digital Corvina Library

The site includes a complete list of manuscripts, with description and photos of many of the mansucripts

On the photo: Didymus Corvina, Ms. M.496. The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York


 
 

An early 15th century of the Virgin and child from the region of Ungvár (present-day Ukraine), in the Louvre, Paris -  (more photos available)

Hungary, early 15th century

Funerary shield of King Matthias, Paris, Musée de l'Armée

Vienna, 1480s

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