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The raven king : Matthias Corvinus and the fate of his lost library

by Marcus Tanner

An account of the life of fifteenth-century Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus and the fate of his library. Dispersed after his death and the Turkish invasion, the collection of illuminated manuscripts sparked a centuries-long quest for its recovery.

Accession 4383 ISBN 9780300120349 Publisher Yale University Press
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