The Austrian National Library holds manuscripts from the library of Matthias I Corvinus, whose collection was dispersed after the Turks captured his capital, Buda, in 1526.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including a scholarly project page and academic summary of Csapodi's research on the Bibliotheca Corviniana, detailing both the dispersal after 1526 and current holdings at the Austrian National Library. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- Library of Congress (seed:culture_and_philosophy)
- https://clariah.at/en/projects/cataloguing-manuscripts-library-matthias-corvinus-austria/ (corroboration)
- https://www.tertullian.org/articles/csapodi_corviniana.htm (corroboration)