# Anjou Legendarium [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, Hungarian]() - Date: 1301-1350 - Technique: Manuscript \(Vat. lat. 8541\), 283 x 215 mm ## Commentary Anjou Legendarium 1330s Manuscript \(Vat. lat. 8541\), 283 x 215 mm Biblioteca Apostolica, Vatican This collection of legends were made on the occasion of the Italian journey of Charles Robert of Anjou and the child Prince Andrew. Fragments of this collection can be found in the Vatican, in the Morgan Library, New York and in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg. The collection contains stories from the life of saints important for the House of Anjou. It was intended for children with brief text for the picture. The decoration of each page consists of four scenes, framed and accompanied by captions giving an account of the lives of the saints. Although each is autonomous, they are nevertheless linked by content. The illumination show clear Bolognese influence and appears to have been executed by three or four artists. They were either Italian masters working in Hungary or Hungarian illuminators who had trained in Bologna. The picture shows a typical page \(folio 80\). ## Related artworks - [Anjou Legendarium]() - [Anjou Legendarium]() - [Anjou Legendarium]() - [Anjou Legendarium]() - [Bible of Dömötör Nekcsei]() - [Breviary]() - [Cassianus Corvina]() - [Chronicle of Anonymous]() - [Festetich Codex]() - [Gradual]() - [Gradual]() - [Illuminated Chronicle]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()