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, Atgue ne tantum vetera admiremur, potentissimi reges Matthias Corvinus Hungariae, Alphunsus Neapolitanus?? et Franciscus Valesius??9 Francorum, bello omnes clari, propter bibliothecas nobilissimas magnis sumptibus et impensis institutas clariores adhuc evaserunt.#! El o 8! a Virorum bellica virtute illuftrium, Septem libris iam olim ab Authore comprehenfa, i Et nunc exeiufdem Mvs az 0 ad viuum expreffis Imaginibus exornata. 8: Ses b Perri | PERNAE TYPOGRAPHI BASIL. OPERA AC STVDIO CI19 19 XCVI. 16. Jovius (Giovio) 1596 Paolo Giovio’s (Jovius, 1583-1552) elogia about men who distinguished themselves in wars, have gone through many editions. They were extended with epigrammata (Johannes Latomus (1523-1578), or pictures. Matthias Hunyadi also appears in them. It is remarkable that, apart from some ancient libraries, this library is only mentioned in praise of the Hungarian king and the ideal situation it provided for scholars of the time to work: 2% Arronso Il, Duke of Calabria (1448-1495), brother of the Hungarian queen Beatrice d’Aragona (1457-1508). About the library see LucrANELLI-PINTO, ed., Libri a corte, 1997. 260 Francis I (1494-1547) King of France. About his library see BLocu 1989. 261 GESSNER-SIMMLER 1574, a2v.; GESSNER-SIMMLER-FRIES 1583, a2v 59
