Medieval Hungary

The restoration of the medieval church of Sóly was finally completed after two decades of research and renovation. The village of Sóly is lo...

Detail of one of the reliquary plaques It is well-known that the majority of the medieval monuments of the Hungarian Great Plains had been d...

Paul Crossley, Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London has passed away on December 11th, 20...

The Roman Catholic church of Nyírbátor, restored in 2011  Over six years ago, in August 2010, I started this blog with a brief announce...

In this post, I would like to announce three new books which contain a lot of information about the history of art in Buda, the medieval ...

  88 year of Erwin looking at the destruction at the church of Rotbach/Rotbav Photo: Inquam Photos / Attila Szabó / Facebook Despit...

It is rare that the excavation of a simple medieval parish church makes national news in Hungary. However, this is precisely what is happe...

18th century painting of the Porta Speciosa of Esztergom cathedral  There will be a conference on May 28th 2015, at Esztergom, dedic...

Visegrád in 1595, print by Joris Hoefnagel  Visegrád was one of the most important towns of medieval Hungary, serving as a royal reside...

Fresco of St. George at Ják, c. 1256  This weekend - the weekend after Saint George's Day - mark the 800th anniversary of the foun...

As this blog  is aimed for an international audience, I  generally only write reviews of  books published in English or other w...

Kassa, Church of St. Elizabeth, southern facade  In recent years, western scholars have shown a much welcome interest in the art of m...