Zsigmond császár Gubbióban
Emperor Sigismund in Gubbio

Summary/Abstract: Sigismund was crowned emperor in Rome on May 31, 1433. Then he left Rome to return to the empire. One of the places where he stopped during this journey (Romfahrt) was Gub-bio. Despite the fact that Sigismund's itinerary has been reconstructed many times, his stay in Gubbio is practically unknown in both Hungarian and international literature, which is mostly attributable to methodological reasons. The reconstruction of an itinerary usually starts with checking the dates of the charters issued during the journey. But the traveler could have turned up at places where he did not issue any charters at all, or even if he did those may have not survived or remained unknown. This is what happened in the case of Sigismund and Gubbio. Using previously unexplored sources, town chronicles, account books and correspon-dence, the paper describes the entry and the provision of the new emperor and his suite, including the costs which were fully covered by the town. Other aspects of the visit are also discussed, including commissions to various artists and craftsmen, feasts and merrymakings as well as the diseases members of the entourage suffered from partly as a result of these. The paper ends with the publication of the records from the town account books con-cerning the visit of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund.

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