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Jan Filipec and his Pontificale

Jan Filipec and his Pontificale. Antonín Kalous Philosophical faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc 18 February 2010, Esztergom. Jan Filipec (1431–1509). b. Prostějov Olomouc Hungary – Esztergom, Felhévíz, Várad, Buda travels: Italy – Milan, Rome, Venice, Ferrara, Naples.

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Jan Filipec and his Pontificale

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  1. Jan Filipec and his Pontificale Antonín Kalous Philosophical faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc 18 February 2010, Esztergom

  2. Jan Filipec(1431–1509) • b. Prostějov • Olomouc • Hungary – Esztergom, Felhévíz, Várad, Buda • travels: Italy – Milan, Rome, Venice, Ferrara, Naples

  3. Career in royal service • Matthias Corvinus • royal chancery + ecclesiastical benefices (royal patronage right: Esztergom, Felhévíz, Várad) • diplomacy • internal matters of Matthias’s Kingdom of Bohemia (in Moravia, Silesia) • privy chancellor • death of the king → life in seclusion (OFM)

  4. Diplomacy • diplomatic service • Italy • 1476 Venice – Ferrara – Naples – Manfredonia – Chioggia – Ferrara – Venice • 1481 Venice (?) • 1482–1483 Rome • 1487 Venice – Ferrara – Venice – Milan – France – Milan • France • Austria, Germany, Bohemia • political service in Hungary and other lands of Matthias Corvinus

  5. Matthias & Milan • friendly relations • 1473 cooperation treaty (against Venice) • signed by Jan z Rabštejna, a Czech humanist in the service of Matthias • 1487 wedding of John Corvinus & Bianca Maria Sforza • Filipec active – wedding act per procuram • big promises (also in Czech lands) • Giovanni Francesco Marliani’s Epithalamium • finally not successful

  6. Ecclesiastical service • specific situation in Hungary (patronage right) • Esztergom – 1474 provost, metropolitan chapter • Felhévíz – 1475 provost, collegiate chapter • close to the royal court • Várad – 1476 bishop • resigned in Esztergom • wealthy bishopric • traditionally related to diplomacy and service in the privy chancery • Olomouc – 1483 administrator • conflicts of concepts • conflict with the Papal curia (from originally ‘heretical’ family) • various candidates • 1490 resignation of all → Franciscan friar

  7. Filipec’s Pontificale • one of the liturgical books • bishop’s office in liturgical terms – description of and instructions for all his duties • Filipec’s book • created in Buda, late 1470s or early 1480s • many illuminations • owned by Filipec, later by István Podmaniczky, bishop of Nitra; 19th c. – cardinal János Simor, archbishop of Esztergom

  8. Pontificale • benedictions • ordinations • coronations

  9. Coronations • this book mentioned in connection to the coronation of Vladislav II (II. Ulászló) (1490) and Ferdinand I (1527) as Kings of Hungary

  10. Coronation of Vladislav/Ulászló • sources • Bonfini × Pontificale • Antonio Bonfini, Italian humanist historian • drawing heavily on the pontificale, when describing the coronation • ideal coronation… • description of rituals

  11. Other coronations • pope • emperor • queen

  12. Cultural context • Buda (later Vienna) court of Matthias Corvinus • Italian connection HU • Beatrix of Aragon (from Naples), wife of Matthias • many Italians in her court (scholars, humanists, artists, diplomats, churchmen) • transmission of ideas, concepts and art • Italy – Hungary – Czech lands • Humanism? • Renaissance? • diplomatic service – very much developed

  13. Thank you for your attention.

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