Studies on the Illuminated Chronicle
Studies on the Illuminated Chronicle The present volume of studies is the first Subsidium of the Central European Medieval Text series, accompanying CEMT vol. The volume of the text and its…
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Studies on the Illuminated Chronicle
The present volume of studies is the first Subsidium of the Central European Medieval Text series, accompanying CEMT vol. The volume of the text and its annotations did not allow including the detailed scholarly introduction into the same volume as is the custom with the other CEMT items. 9 on the Illuminated Chronicle (formerly called the Vienna Chronicle), written in the fourteenth century, which represents the international artistic style at the royal court of Louis I of Hungary.
The relevant literature that goes back to more than 200 years is also summarized. The essays in the book analyze the text and the illuminations of the Illuminated Chronicle in literaryhistorical, art historical and heraldic context. Additional studies address issues connected with the narrative.
Since the chronicle starts with the history of the Huns, imaginary ancestors of the Hungarians, the Attila