Lucherini, Vinni (2013) La prima descrizione moderna della corona medievale dei re d'Ungheria: il De sacra corona di Pétér Révay. In: Ars auro gemmisque prior. Mélanges en hommage à Jean-Pierre Caillet. Dissertationes et monographiae / International research center for late antiquity and the Middle ages (6). University of Zagreb-International research center for late antiquity and the Middle ages, Zagreb-Motovun, pp. 479-490. ISBN 9789536002689
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Abstract
The "sacred crown" of the kings of Hungary, held in the House of Parliament in Budapest, a golden object believed today to be an assemblage of two distinct pieces – one datable to the second half of the Eleventh century, the other to the second half of the Twelfth –, presents us with a problem of method not rare in the study of medieval art: works made with an artistic know-how of highest level and commissioned by figures at the top of the social ierarchy, that took on, in the course of the Middle ages, a perceived value that went far beyond that of the precious materials. In 1613 Péter Révay published the first modern description of the crown, a remarkable antiquarian text in which for the first time its origins were reconstructed and its royal and symbolic functions were put into light. Révay helped formalize, in a scholarly context, the sacred value of the crown, still an essential part of the identity of the Hungarian nation.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | Il contributo nasce da una più ampia ricerca sugli Angioini di Napoli e d'Ungheria supportata dall'Institute of Advanced Study della Central European University di Budapest. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Hungary, Sacred crown, Angevin kings, Antiquarian approch |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History |
| Depositing User: | dr Vincenzo De Luise |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2015 11:33 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2015 11:33 |
| URI: | http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/1744 |
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