"Hungarians in the 'Képes Krónika', 1360" Topic
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| Druzhina | 29 Aug 2014 5:52 a.m. PST |
Hungarians, Cumans, Bulgarians & Mongols in the Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum of Mark Kálti or 'Képes Krónika', Hungary, 1360
First arrival of the Hungarians {Huns} into PannoniaOn the election of Attila King of the Hungarians {Huns}The Hungarians again enter PannoniaHungarian CaptainsVarious peoples arrive in PannoniaHungarians devastate BulgariaThe fight between Botond and the Greek fighter in front of the gates of ConstantinopleKing Stephen captures pagan leader GyulaKing Stephen's defeat of Bulgarian leader, KeánThe Saint Ladislaus LegendMongols invaded Hungary and annihilated Béla IV's army in the Battle of Mohi on 11 April 1241Mongols in HungaryBattle of RozgonyBattle against the Voivode of Transylvania in 1330Battle against the Voivode of Transylvania in 1330 (2nd version)Hungarian Light Cavalrymen, 14th Century, by Ian Heath is based on the Képes Krónika
Figure 85 of a Jazyge, Cuman, Szekler, Ruthenian or Tartar is based on The Frontispiece of the Képes Krónika, Hungary, 1360
Figure 86 is based on Ladislaus IV, half-Cumanian king of Hungary in Cumanian clothes, but this figure has armoured feet, similar to pictures of knights and with the same longitudinal strip as a Hungarian Knight on p31. Light cavalry do not carry shields in the Képes Krónika.
Figure 87, in more Western European costume, is based on The Hungarians battle against Emperor Konrad III on p119
Hungarian Man-At-Arms, 14th Century, by Ian Heath is again based on the Frontispiece with a visor added from The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Unitarian Church of Homoródkarácsonyfalva / Craeciunel / Krötschendorf, Romania
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Hungarians, Cumans, Bulgarians & Mongols in the Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum of Mark Kálti or 'Képes Krónika', Hungary, 1360
Druzhina
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| Katzbalger | 30 Aug 2014 6:28 a.m. PST |
Neat--is there a translated (to English) version anywhere? And I don't mean a Google-translation based upon the Hungarian Wikipedia, as that is just unintelligible! Rob |
| Swampster | 31 Aug 2014 2:54 p.m. PST |
Looks like Heath's 86 is a composite of the Ladislaus picture, various Cumans and the 'Captains' who are in nomad gear on foot and carrying shields. |
| Druzhina | 31 Aug 2014 10:16 p.m. PST |
Yes, probably, but the captains aren't typical of those wearing nomad gear on foot – they are the only two with shields. (I probably should have been consistent and written that no 'light-horsemen' have shields.) I am advised that the 1330 pictures are of the Battle of Posada against Basarab I of Wallachia. Druzhina
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