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03. Valturius 1532

Although comparing the illustrations takes us further from the present subject,
I am convinced that comparing the surviving considerable variants in the manu¬
scripts brings us nearer to a more accurate description of the Dresden codex. The
Valturius-issue itself sheds light on interesting details in Matthias’s book usage
and collection habits. It cannot be concluded that the Istanbul incunabula be¬
longed to Matthias, but the possibility cannot be ruled out.

Similarly, it is certain that the king was also presented with the publications
of Andreas Hess’s Buda printing house,” and the works of the ,printer of the
Confessionale”” of Buda. At the same time noone knows how the the king’s
Chronica Hungarorum” published in Buda at the printing house of Andreas Hess

95 ‘Tue works of Basilius Magnus and Xenophon, 1473 (RMNy 1; GW 3702), Chronica Hungarorum, 1473
(RMNy 2; GW 6686; Csaponi 1973, Nr. 745.)

°° Antoninus Florentinus, Confessionale, 1477 (RMNy 3, GW 2108, Csapodi 1973, Nr. 41.), Laudivius
Sacchia, De vita Hieronymi, 1478-1479 (RMNy 5; Csaropı 1973, Nr. 580.)

””_ RMNY2; Hain 4994; GW 6686: SOLTESZNE-HORVATH J., kiad., Chronica Hungarorum, 1973, CsapoDI

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