Le sentiment « Hungarus » et la Bibliotheca Corviniana
The feeling "Hungarus" and the Bibliotheca Corviniana

Summary/Abstract: In the second half of the 15th century, the Hungarian royal court became a cultural center that enabled the functioning not only of institutions to welcome intellectual currents from outside, but also of creative workshops. These workshops were well known in Europe. During the reign (1458-1490) of King Mátyás Hunyadi (Mathias Corvinus), the Bibliotheca Corviniana, founded in the royal court of Buda, became one of the largest European libraries of the time. This library later became the most frequently cited symbol of Hungarian civilization and, from the 19th century, a solid element of Hungarian identity. We confess, willingly, that in shaping the new face of the national library, we wish to highlight the spiritual links that unite the Bibliotheca Corviniana to the Bibliotheca Regnicolaris founded by Count Ferenc Széchényi (1802).

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