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1493 Illumination on parchment National Sz?ch?nyi Library, Budapest This page comes from a Prayers Book owned by a Hungarian noblewoman, Benigna Magyar, wife of P?l Kinizsi, general of King Matthias' army. The codex later was owned by the Festetich family whence its name is derived. The initial M is decorated by plants in a very naturalistic way. Other pages of the manuscript contain similar decoration. Artist: MINIATURIST, Hungarian , Festetich Codex , 1451-1500 , Hungarian , illumination , religious |
