Klára Csapodi-Gárdonyi

The letter is a basic factor and bearer of human culture. Without it we could neither write or read nor print books, nor could science progress, since each generation would have to start everything afresh. It is, therefore, worth giving a thought to the wayJetters came into being, and writing...

On the 500th anniversary of the death of King Matthias, the National Széchényi Library, successor of the once world-famous Bibliotheca Corviniana, could pay no more fitting tribute to the humanist ruler than to exhibit the items that have survived from the collection. This is the first time...

Eine unvergleichliclie und weltweit bekannte Schöpfung der ungarischen Renaissancekultur war die Bibliothek des Königs Mattliias Corvinus (1458-1490). Sie erreichte nicht nur den höchsten europäischen Stand jener Zeit, sondern übertraf auch alle Sammlungen, die sich damals in ihrer Art -...