Czech codex, Festetics codex, a Booklet about...
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This prayer book was copied by brother F. M. in the Paulian monastery of Nagyvázsony in 1513 for the Hungarian Begina, Mrs Kinizsi. The richly decorated codex contains several Mary prayers and a hymn translation besides St Brigitte's 15 prayers and the vespera of the Nagyszombat Mary office. It was named after John Czech, who discovered it in 1883 in the Franciscan monastery of Érsekújvár. In 1851 the Franciscans gave it away to the Hungarain Academy of Sciences. Edition: Czech codex 1513. Edited by Csilla N. Abaffy. Budapest, 1990. (Old Hungarian Codices 4.)
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Festetics codex
It is a Hungarian prayer book. This richly decorated codex and the Czech codex were made in the Paulian monastery of Nagyvázsony for the Hungarian Begina, Mrs Kinizsi. According to the A Prayer About My Husband's Illness it dates back to 1493, as her husband died in 1494. Besides the Virgin Mary's prayer, which had to be recited every day, it contains some other prayers and Petrarc's seven repentance psalms. Its previous owner was the Festetics family, today it belongs to the National Széchényi Library, Budapest. Edition: Festetics codex, before 1494. Edited by Csilla Abaffy. Budapest, 1996. (Old Hungarian Codices 20).
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A Booklet About the Honours of the Saint Apostles
This essay was copied in 1521 for the Dominican nuns of the Island of Hares (Margaret Island). The Latin original of this witty didactic tract might also have been made in Hungary. The author proves in 6 chapters that the apostles are the first ones among the saints, against every counter-argument. A significantly fast part is the dialogue called The Debate of the Apostles. The first Hungarian hexametric line from Lucanus's Pahrisalia and the first quotation from Dante can be found in this codex. During the 17-18th centuries it was in the possession of the nuns of Pozsony, who had it bound into one volume together with the Cornides codex and several other linguistic pieces. At the beginning of the 19th century the book came into possession of the Budapest University Library, where Francis Toldi had the different parts separated. This codex is quoted by its first line. Edition: Booklet About the Honours of the Saint Apostles 1521. Edited by István Pusztai. Bidapest, 1985. (Old Hungarian Codices 1.)
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