Medieval Hungary

The year 2022 marks the 800th anniversary of the issuance of the Golden Bull by King Andrew II.  Issued at the 1222 Diet held at Fehérvár, t...

László Beke (1944-2022) On January 31, 2022, art historian László Beke passed away in Budapest. He was 78 years old. He was one of the most ...

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...

Perhaps the most important event of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation is the major exhibition organized by the Hungarian Nation...

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has recently called attention to a magnificent ostrich egg cup on Twitter: #WorldEggDay Silver gilt cup...

Chalice, 1462, Inv. 2010.109.6 As reported earlier on this blog , The Metropolitan Museum of Art has recently purchased the best object...

During the last five years, I wrote on various subjects on this blog, including the discoveries of treasure hoards and wall paintings, inte...

The Treasury of the medieval parish church of Gyöngyös , dedicated to St. Bartholomew, reopened for visitor at the beginning of July. T...

Egidius Sadeler II: Gábor Bethlen, c. 1620 This year marks the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the rule of Gábor Bethlen as Princ...

December 31st is the feast day of St. Sylvester, that is Pope Sylvester I (314-335), well known as the recipient of the Donatio Constantini...

Lidded jug, 1605. Nagyszeben (Hermannstadt / Sibiu)  © Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt  Since earlier this year, the gold and...

A new book by Evelin Wetter has been dedicated to late medieval goldsmith works from the historical Kingdom of Hungary. The book was pub...

After some good news reported yesterday , today I have something sad to write on. As reported by Hungarian and Romanian press alike, th...