UNKNOWN MASTER, illuminator
(15th century)

Pontificale

1476-90
Tempera and gold on parchment, 343 x 240 mm
Archbishopry Simor Library, Esztergom

The codex was executed for János Filipec. The style of its decoration is close to some Corvinas made by Francesco da Castello. The simultaneous appearence of Gothic and Renaissance decorative elements can be observed, too, in other codices made in Buda.


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