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phile jurist Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling (1671-1729), who wrote the history of the Holy Roman Empire which was published many times. In paragraphs 334 and 335 he records the battles between Matthias Hunyadi and Frederick III (Krieg mit König Matthias von anno 1479-85 — Eroberung von Wien anno 1485): „Malthias halte raison zum Kriege. Er differirete in moribus gantz und gar von Friderico Ill. Bonfinius hat beyder Qualitäten beschriben, und gezeiget, dass sie einander zuwier gewesen. Liv. V. Decad. IV. seiner historie. Bonfinius war ein Historiographus, den Matthias gedungen, der also sein herusl]] war. Er war ein Italiäner; durch seine Gemahlin Beatrix, eine Neapolitanische Princessin, welche ihm viele Italliäner recommendiret hat, hat er ihn kennenlernen. Sambucus, Maxiumiliani 11. Bibliothecarius hat ihn drucken lassen. ®' In Ofen legte Matthias eine herrliche Bibliotheck an, welche Bibliotheca Budensis hernach an die Türcken kommen, und etwas haben die Kayserlichen empfangen, da sie Ofen unter Leopoldo einnahmen.’” Die Bücher sind alle so gebunden, dass man den Corvinum aussen oder innen siehet. Sambucus war ein gelehrter Ungar, ein grosser Criticus Graecus, latinus, von dem man vieles in Lambecii Comment{ariorum libris] ad Biblliothecam] Vindlobonensem] lesen kann. ® Of course, we know that such a description alone will not add anything new to our understanding of the Corvina’s collection. At the same time, however, I consider it particularly important that this knowledge is also reflected in the summaries of historical works. In the second half of the 18th century, the major historical summaries (world history) already incorporated the results of the Hungarian historia litteraria: the works of Mätyäs Bel (1684-1749),°°* Johann Georg Schwandtner (1716-1791),°°° or Istvän Kaprinai (1714-1785)°°°. In the next chapter I mention some of these, indicating one way in which historical information was spread. The age of confronting the revised book material after the Ottoman expulsion Csaba Csapodi, who investigated the history of Matthias’s library in great detail, has discussed in numerous publications whether there were any corvinas left in Buda after 1526, and how large the fragments could have been that were not taken away by bibliophile humanists, destructive mercenaries, and officials of the Sultan’s treasury.**’” As a result of his research, he found that no books of any 331 BONFINIUS-SAMBUCUS 1568. 352 In 1686. 333, GRUNDLING 1732, 958-959. Ref.: LAMmBEcK 1665; LAMBEcK 1669. 334 BéL, De vetere, 1718, BEL, Adparatus, 1735; BEL, Notitia, I-IV, 1735-1742. 35 SCHWANDTNER 1746. 356 KAPRINAI 1767. 37 Csaponı 1961; Csapopı 1971; Csaponı 1973, 72-92., Csapopı 1984. 73
