c. 1200
Parchment
National Széchényi Library, Budapest
The picture shows the first page of the Chronicle of Anonymous. The anonymous notary of King Béla III, P. magister, is identified as Peter, the bishop of Óbuda. It is assumed that he studied in Paris, and from his exact description of the region it is also assumed that he came from Zemplén, Upper Hungary, where the Hungarian tribes conquering Hungary first settled.