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its rich corvina collection in 1994,°° and in 1995 in Wolfenbüttel a special edition
was published from their Bibliotheca Corvina items presented in 1989 at the cimelia
exhibition.°®®
As previously mentioned, the fourth enlarged and revised edition of the size¬
able corvina album of the Csapodi couple was published as part of the 1990 quin¬
centennial celebrations.°®” Thus, the two foundational publications of their life’s
work, “Library and Stock” (1973)° and this summary became the starting points
of further research. The material for the next exhibition, which took place on the
bicentenary of the Hungarian National Library in 2002, was put together with
international collaboration in mind. This is why the celebrations in Budapest were
followed by a major exhibition in Modena, at the Biblioteca Estense (Nel segno del
corvo, 2002-2003). To mark the occasion, the Hungarian National Library pub¬
lished a copy of the two manuscripts presented to Hungary by Mussolini in 1927
and handed them over/returned them to the citizens of Modena at the opening
ceremony of the exhibition. Some of the studies in the catalogue of the Italian
exhibition were also published in Hungarian.°”
Then, as a result of the collaboration of the libraries preserving the pieces of the
former dibliotheca, the wonderful collection, even in its torso, was also inscribed
on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Thus began the process of collecting digi¬
tal copies of the volumes. A conference held in Paris in 2007 (Matthias Corvin,
les bibliothèques princières et la genèse de l’état moderne)” already prepared the up¬
coming celebration of the 550th anniversary of King Matthias’s accession to the
throne (2008).
The Hungarian government declared the year 2008 the “Year of the
Renaissance”, and all the major museums and libraries commemorated Matthias
Hunyadi in their exhibitions. 236 events, including conferences, took place in a
year with the idea in mind that in the golden age of the Hungarian Kingdom, the
country had created an institutional system in line with that of Western European
countries and breathed in harmony with the peoples of Western Christianity.
‘The pieces of the Bibliotheca Corvina were exhibited at the National Széchényi
Library, the Budapest History Museum, and the Hungarian National Gallery.
‘The first one focused on the library of Matthias’s chancellor and science policy ad¬
visor, Johannes de Zredna (Vitéz)’s collection (some of which was later transferred
to the royal library).°” The Budapest History Museum presented the king at the
587 GAMILLSCHEG—Me_rsicH—Mazat, hrsg., Matthias Corvinus, 1994.
88 Mitpe 1995.; cf. ZsuPAN-HEITZMANN, hrsg., Corvina Augusta..., 2014.
589 CsAPODI-CSAPODINÉ Gárdonyi, Bibl. Corviniana, 1990.
599 CsApPoDI 1973.
5991 Mırano E, a cura di, Ne/ segno del Corvo..., 2002.
#2 Mono, ed., A hollö jegyeben..., 2004.
#9 MAILLARD-MonoK-NEBBIAT, publ. par, Matthias Corvin..., 2009.
54 Mıxö, ed., Renaissance Year, 2008.
55 FöLpEsI, szerk., Csillag a hollö..., 2008., FöLpesı, ed., A Star..., 2008.
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