UNKNOWN MASTER, illuminator
(14th century)

Title-page of the Illuminated Chronicle

c. 1360
Body colour, parchment, 300 x 210 mm
National Széchényi Library, Budapest

The Illuminated Chronicle represents the international artistic style of the royal courts in the court of Lajos (Louis) the Great. The Illuminated decoration of the manuscript was executed in Hungary before 1360 and it proves the knowledge of the Hungarian life, historical traditions and legends. According to an assumption it was made by the merited painter of the King, Hertul fia Miklós.


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