EASTER – 2021

We wish a blessed, beautiful holiday to all our dear readers with a page fron the Matthias Gradual – the most richly decorated corvina – depicting the resurrection of Jesus.

The Gradual belongs to the group of codices that are called Corvinas by the experts although they have never been part of the collections of the royal library. They are liturgical manuscripts that served for performing the rites in a church or monastery, but as they were made upon the order of King Matthias or occasionally the royal couple, were representative pieces of the book culture of the court. Out of a choirbook series of three or four volumes, this is the only one that has been preserved; it contains the changing songs of the Holy Mass from Holy Saturday until the end of the ecclesiastical year.

The Matthias Gradual is the most richly decorated Corvina which was made for the chapel of the royal castle of Buda. 

See the gallery of decorative photos of the corvina
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