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The Nádasdy Mausoleum is a series of full-length portraits of Hun and Hungarian leaders and kings published in
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in 1664 at the expense of Count
Ferenc Nádasdy Count Ferenc II Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld (6 October 1555 – 4 January 1604) was a Hungarian nobleman and a distinguished soldier. His family, the Nádasdy family, was one of the wealthiest and most influential of the era in Hung ...
under the title: ''Mausoleum potentissimorum ac gloriosissimorum Regni Apostolici Regum et primorum militantis Ungariae Ducum'' (The Mausoleum of the Most Powerful and Glorious Apostolic Kingdom and the Kings and Military Leaders of Hungary). The depictions of the
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are complemented by descriptions in Latin and German. Count
Ferenc Nádasdy Count Ferenc II Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld (6 October 1555 – 4 January 1604) was a Hungarian nobleman and a distinguished soldier. His family, the Nádasdy family, was one of the wealthiest and most influential of the era in Hung ...
(1625–1671) was the
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of counties of
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, Zala and
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, and
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of the
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between 1655–1670. He was one of the country's richest and most educated lords, a patron of science and art, his name is associated with the publication of this series of engravings.


The chronicle

The engravings are followed by Latin
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about the depicted person, followed by a relatively faithful, but in some cases very mannered German translation.


Illustrations

The chronicle including with the title page contains 60 full-page images made with mixed techniques (engraving and etching). The images are listed in the same order as their appearance in the chronicle.


See also

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List of Hungarian chronicles This is a list of Hungarians, Hungarian chronicles and related gestas and legends which treat early and medieval History of Hungary, Hungarian history. The original source of all extant Hungarian chronicles was the lost ''Urgesta, Gesta Ungarorum'' ...
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Gesta Hungarorum ''Gesta Hungarorum'', or ''The Deeds of the Hungarians'', is the earliest book about Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian history which has survived for posterity. Its genre is not chronicle, but ''gesta'', meaning "deeds" or "acts", which is a medie ...
'' * ''
Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum The ''Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum'Reader's encyclopedia of Eastern European literature'', 1993, Robert B. Pynsent, Sonia I. Kanikova, p. 529. (Latin: "Deeds of the Huns and Hungarians") is a medieval chronicle written mainly by Simon of KÃ ...
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Chronicon Pictum The ''Chronicon Pictum'' or ''Illuminated Chronicle'' (, , , also referred to as the ''Illustrated Chronicle'', ''Chronica Hungarorum'', ''Chronicon Hungarie Pictum'', ''Chronica Picta'' or ''Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum'') is a medieval illust ...
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Buda Chronicle The Buda Chronicle () is a 15th-century chronicle treating the early and medieval History of Hungary, Hungarian history. While its original name is ''Chronica Hungarorum'' (Latin for "Chronicle of the Hungarians"; ), the chronicle is better kno ...
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Chronica Hungarorum ''Chronica Hungarorum'' (Latin for "Chronicle of the Hungarians") (), also known as the Thuróczy Chronicle, is the title of a 15th-century Latin-language Hungarian chronicle written by Johannes de Thurocz, Johannes Thuróczy by compiling seve ...
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Epitome rerum Hungarorum The ''Epitome rerum Hungarorum'' (Latin for "A Brief Summary of the History of the Hungarians"; ) is a Latin medieval chronicle from the Kingdom of Hungary from 1490. The work was written by the Italian Renaissance humanism, humanist, Bishop of ...
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* {{Hungarian literature Hungarian chronicles Hungarian books History of Hungary History of the Hungarians Medieval Kingdom of Hungary Illuminated histories 17th-century illuminated manuscripts 17th-century books in Latin 17th-century books