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NEL SEGNO DEL CORVO Libri E Miniature Della Biblioteca Di Mattia Corvino MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI Direzione Generale per i Beni Librari e gli Istituti Culturali Ministero Ungherese per la Cultura Biblioteca Estense Universitaria di Modena Biblioteca Széchényi di Budapest Soprintendenza per i Beni Librari della Regione Emilia Romagna NEL SEGNO DEL CORVO libri e miniature della biblioteca di Mattia Corvino Il Bulino edizioni d’arte Il giardino delle Esperidi 16 collana diretta da Ernesto Milano NEL SEGNO DEL CORVO libri e miniature della biblioteca di Mattia Corvino re d’Ungheria (1443-1490) presentazioni di NICOLA BONO, GÁBOR GÖRGEY FRANCESCO SICILIA, ISTVÁN MONOK saggi di ANGELA DILLON BUSSI, PAOLA DI PIETRO LOMBARDI ANNA ROSA GENTILINI, PÉTER KOVÁCS EDIT MADAS, ÁRPÁD MIKÓ, ERNESTO MILANO ISTVÁN MONOK, MILENA RICCI, MARIANNE ROZSONDAI ANNA ROSA VENTURI BARBOLINI, TÜNDE WEHLI Il Bulino edizioni d’arte MINISTERO PER I BENI E LE ATTIVITÀ CULTURALI Direzione Generale per i Beni Librari e gli Istituti Culturali Ministero Ungherese per la Cultura Biblioteca Estense Universitaria di Modena Biblioteca Nazionale Széchényi di Budapest Soprintendenza per i Beni Librari della Regione Emilia Romagna NEL SEGNO DEL CORVO libri e miniature della biblioteca di Mattia Corvino re d’Ungheria (1443-1490) Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria 15 novembre 2002 - 15 febbraio 2003 Autori dei saggi Angela Dillon Bussi Paola Di Pietro Lombardi Anna Rosa Gentilini Péter Kovács Edit Madas Árpád Mikó Ernesto Milano István Monok Milena Ricci Marianne Rozsondai Tünde Wehli Anna Rosa Venturi Barbolini Autori delle schede Claudia Adami (CA), Laura Alidori (LA), Eugenia Antonucci (EA), Elisabetta Arfanotti (EAR), Vincenzo Boni (VB), Isabella Ceccopieri (IC), Massimo Ceresa (MC), Paola Di Pietro Lombardi (PDPL), Angela Dillon Bussi (ADB), Ferenc Földesi (FF), Sabina Magrini (SM), Susy Marcon (SM), Ida Giovanna Rao (IGR), Milena Ricci (MR), Marianne Rozsondai (MAR), Silvia Scipioni (SS), Péter Tóth (PT), Krystyna Wyszomirska (KW). Traduzioni dall’ungherese Gabriella Németh (per le presentazioni, i saggi di E. Madas, I. Monok e M. Rozsondai e le schede dei codici di Budapest) Zsuzsa Vajdovics (saggio di P. Kovács) Ildikó Takács (saggi di Á. Mikó e T. Wehli) Ringraziamenti Il Direttore della Biblioteca ringrazia vivamente il Direttore Generale Prof. Francesco Sicilia per avere voluto e sostenuto, con la sensibilità di sempre, tutte le Manifestazioni Corviniane. Un riconoscente ringraziamento va a tutto il Personale della Biblioteca e, in particolare, a Cosetta Borsari e a Rosetta Geremia per la consueta disponibilità e per la preziosa collaborazione fornite alla Direzione nelle varie fasi di realizzazione del volume e nell’espletamento del servizio di segreteria. Catalogo Selezione iconografica, revisione dei testi e normalizzazione delle schede, correzione delle bozze Paola Di Pietro Lombardi Milena Ricci Riproduzione delle immagini e impaginazione Roberto Bini Stampa Arbe, Modena © 2002 Il Bulino edizioni d’arte via Bernardo Cervi 80 - 41100 Modena (Italy) tel. 059-822816 - fax 059-822824 - e-mail: [email protected] - www.ilbulino.com ISBN 88-86251-52-1 Comitato promotore Francesco Sicilia (Direttore Generale per i Beni Librari e gli Istituti Culturali del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali), Ernesto Milano (Direttore della Biblioteca Estense Universitaria di Modena), István Monok (Direttore della Biblioteca Nazionale Széchényi di Budapest) Comitato organizzatore Ernesto Milano, Anna Rosa Venturi, Paola Di Pietro Lombardi, Milena Ricci, Annalisa Battini (Biblioteca Estense Universitaria), István Monok, Gabriella Németh (Biblioteca Széchényi di Budapest), Massimo Pistacchi (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Cultura- li), Mauro Bini (Il Bulino edizioni d’arte) Enti prestatori Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena Magyar Tudományos Akadémia K˝onyvtára, Budapest Egyetemi K˝onyvtár, Budapest Orzágos Széchényi K˝onyvtár, Budapest Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna Biblioteca Nazionale “Vittorio Emanuele III”, Napoli Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma Biblioteca Palatina, Parma Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venezia Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Firenze Bibloteca Comunale “Guarnacci”, Volterra Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milano Biblioteca Capitolare, Verona Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Città del Vaticano Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München Niedersächsische Staats-Universitätsbibliothek, Gottingen Universitätsbibliothek, Erlangen Ksia˙ ˛znica Miejska Im. M. Kopernika, Toru´n Pratiche organizzative e prestiti Annalisa Battini Allestimento della mostra Paola Di Pietro Lombardi e Milena Ricci con la collaborazione di Cristina Madeo, Anna Maria Salluce, Carmela Velardi e Giuseppe Trane Protopapa Collaboratori per il catalogo Gabriella Németh e Maria Rosaria Sciglitano Referenze fotografiche Roberto Bini (Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena; Archivio di Stato, Modena); József Hapák (Orzágos Széchényi K˝onyvtár, Budapest); Egyetemi K˝onyvtár, Budapest; Magyar Tudományos Akadémia K˝onyvtára, Budapest; Bildarchiv, ÖNB Wien (Öster- reichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna); Staatsbibliothek Preussicher Kulturbesitz, Berlino; Universitätsbibliothek, Erlangen; Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Firenze; Niedersächsische Staats und Universitätsbibliothek, Göttingen; Foto Saporetti (Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milano); Chetham’s Library, Manchester; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München; Biblioteca Nazionale “Vittorio Emanuele III”, Napoli; Public Library, New York; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris; Ernesto Greci (Biblioteca Palatina, Parma); Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma; Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Città del Vaticano; Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart; Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venezia; Gianni Roncaglia (Biblioteca Capitolare, Verona); Fabio Fiaschi (Biblioteca Comunale “Guarnacci”, Volterra); Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuttel; Ksia˙ ˛znica Miejska Im. M. Kopernika, Torun. ´ L’editore è a disposizione degli aventi diritto con i quali non è stato possibile comunicare, nonché per eventuali, involontarie omissioni o inesattezze nelle citazioni delle fonti illustrative. con il concorso di ANTICA LEGATORIA GOZZI di FAGGIOLI PIERANGELO s.n.c. Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, codice α.S.4.18, c. 1v. Nell’ambito delle scelte strategiche che caratterizza- un campo di indagine essenziale e privilegiato: mece- no l’attuale processo di integrazione politica, econo- nate generoso dell’arte e della letteratura, Mattia I mica e sociale europea, la cooperazione culturale si chiamò infatti per la costruzione della sua biblioteca conferma un settore essenziale per promuovere ed umanisti, artisti, architetti e miniatori italiani che con- allargare il dialogo e il confronto nella comunità in- tribuirono in modo determinante a rendere la sua ternazionale. corte uno dei centri più rilevanti dell’umanesimo del- In questo senso l’Italia, in virtù dell’unicità del suo pa- l’Oltralpe. trimonio culturale, è in grado di offrire conoscenze Di quella splendida fioritura di testi e di miniature, le tecnico-scientifiche e un quadro di riferimento giuridi- biblioteche statali italiane e la Nazionale Szecheny di co amministrativo riconosciuti tra i più ampi ed esau- Budapest hanno inteso ricostruirne gli splendidi esi- stivi e si qualifica quindi come partner privilegiato ti, promuovendo una ricerca comune, volta a docu- per progetti di tutela, di valorizzazione e di promo- mentare, attraverso le iniziative espositive in Ungheria zione realizzati in collaborazione con i diversi Paesi. e in Italia, la preziosità delle raccolte librarie e fina- In tali prospettive, le iniziative italo-ungheresi nel lizzata ad avviare un più ampio progetto internazio- settore bibliotecario, volte a favorire l’integrazione nale per la ricostruzione, attraverso le tecnologie di- dei rispettivi data-base catalografici, la ricerca biblio- gitali, dei fondi della raccolta corviniana. grafica in aree tematiche di comune interesse, la rea- Frutto delle intese tecnico scientifiche nel settore, tali lizzazione di iniziative espositive congiunte, costitui- iniziative segnano dunque un nuovo capitolo nei rap- scono la testimonianza esemplare di un agire comu- porti culturali tra l’Italia e l’Ungheria e anticipano ne in favore della cultura in grado di evidenziare gli l’auspicato allargamento dell’Unione Europea ai Pae- intensi rapporti culturali che uniscono storicamente i si dell’Est, e in particolare alla Repubblica Magiara due Paesi. che porta con sé i contributi della sua storia mille- In particolare, il progetto dedicato alla ricostruzione naria e di un patrimonio culturale di inesauribile fa- della storica biblioteca di Mattia I Corvino definisce scino e suggestione. On. Nicola Bono Sottosegretario di Stato per i Beni e le Attività Culturali 9 Budapest, Biblioteca Széchényi, codice Lat. 424, c. 1r. Il corvo nero con l’anello nel becco compare sul scendenza, non essendo egli di discendenza reale, frontespizio riccamente ornato o al centro della rile- non essendo stato incoronato per anni ed essendo gatura dorata dei libri di Mattia Corvino per evocare costretto, senza un erede legittimo, ad affrontare pro- il personaggio del sovrano bibliofilo. È lo stesso cor- blemi di legittimazione. Secondo il nuovo criterio vo di una notissima ballata ungherese del XIX secolo della legittimazione, la virtù, il decoro e la grandiosi- che, apparso all’improvviso, strappa dalle mani della tà sono creazioni della civiltà (nel senso della cultu- madre di Mattia la lettera da lei scritta per portarla al ra), delle capacità del condottiero e dell’attività
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