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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 sizeable corvina album of the Csapodi couple was published as part of the 1990 quincentennial 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 published 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 digital 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 upcoming 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 advisor, 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. 124
