The Bibliotheca Corviniana was the second largest library of the Renaissance after the Vaticana. The Hungarian king Mathias Corvinus (1458-1490) compiled it at great expense, for which he had magnificently decorated manuscripts produced, mainly in Italy. Characteristic are the mostly splendid illuminations of the manuscripts, the leather bindings decorated with gold and the velvet and silk bindings. About 200 "corvines" are still recorded. Take a look at the beautiful works, digitalized on the website Bibliotheca Corvina.
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A modern manuscript, written and illuminated in medieval style, containing a contemporary retelling of a medieval tale.
France, Anatole, 1844-1924. Le jongleur de Notre-Dame : ecrit enluminé et historié par Malatesta, manuscript, 1906.
Houghton Library, Harvard University