Medieval Hungary: Questing lost manuscripts.

The Economist (US) | July 19, 2008 | Copyright

SOMEWHERE deep in the court of the Ottoman sultans lay the hidden library of Hungary's most famous medieval king, Matthias Corvinus. If only it could be discovered and the books prised out of Turkish hands, then all would be well and Hungarian honour and glory restored. Or so believed many a 19th-century Hungarian academic and nationalist.

"We wanted to scream we had reached our goal," wrote one, who in 1862 along with two companions had succeeded in gaining access to the court. A pile of books was brought out for them to see, including six manuscripts from the ...

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