Illuminated Chronicle of Hungary

Codicology

Alternative Titles

Ungarische Bilderchronik
Chronicon Pictum
Képes Krónika
Obrázková kronika
Chronica Hungarorum
Illustrated Chronicle
Chronicon Hungarie Pictum
Chronica Picta
Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum
Marci de Kalt Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum
Mark of Kalt's Chronicle About the Deeds of the Hungarians
Mark von Kalts Chronik über die Taten der Ungarn

Type

Manuscript on parchment

Size / Format

146 pages / 30.0 × 21.0 cm

Origin

Hungary

Date

Between 1358 and 1373

Epochs

Late Middle Ages Onwards

Style

Gothic

Genre

Chronicles / History / Law

Language

Latin

Script

Textura

Illustrations

142 figurative illuminations, including 10 larger and 29 column-wide miniatures, 4 bas-de-page medallions, 99 historiated initials, along with 5 ornamental initials and 61 borders

Content

Chronicle of Hungarian history, beginning in biblical times and ending in 1330, where the narrative suddenly ends

Patron

Louis I of Hungary (1326–1382)

Artist / School

Mark of Kalt (author)

Previous Owners

Charles V of France (1338–1380)
Charles VII of France (1403–1461)
Đurađ Branković (1377–1456)
Court of King Matthias Corvinus (1443–1490)
Ottoman dynasty
Imperial Court Library Vienna