Hungarian Anjou Legendary leaf

Hungary, approximately 1340

Digital Scriptorium

Image

1 leaf

parchment, 4 color illustrations

218 x 166 mm

The Bancroft Library

Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: A single leaf of the Magyar Anjou Legendárium, also known as the Hungarian Anjou Legendary. Likely executed in a court atelier, probably in Buda but possibly in Esztergom, by Hungarian artists trained or working under the direction of Bolognese masters in about the year 1340. Other fragments of the manuscript are held at the Vatican Library (Vat. Lat. 8541; 106 leaves), the Pierpont Morgan Library (M.360; 26 leaves), and the Hermitage Museum (16930-4; 5 leaves).
Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 130 1300:37.
Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 2MS A2.M2 1300:37.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 241.

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