law book of Buda, Buda Chronicle

Buda Chronicle
Buda law book
The law book of Buda

A German collection of laws, which consists of a prologue and three main parts. It was based on the collection of laws of German towns, his own charters and the customary law of Buda. It became the official law book of the Court of Appeal of 8 free royal towns from the middle of the 15th century. In all probability it was compiled by John Siebenlinder (1392-1439), who was the Judge of Buda several times.

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Buda Chronicle

A Latin historical work under the title of Chronica Hungarorum, which was printed in Andrew Hess's print in 1473. At the same time it was the first book printed in Hungary, the expenses of which were covered by Ladislaus Karai, prepost of Buda. It is a version of a 14th-century chronicle, which truly preserved the work of a Buda Minorite author from the age of Charles I, and it is shorter compared to the text of the Illistrated Chronicle. Codices containing nearly the same text called the chronicle family of the Buda Chronicle were named after this. (Its oldest chronicles are the Acephalus codex and the Zsámbok codex.) The author added John Küküllei's work to the work of the Minorite of Buda, then completed the text with the description of the period between 1382 and 1468. The end of the chronicle is undoubtedly Andrew Hess's work.

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