The Anjou Legendarium (a collection of legends) was 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 illumination of the codex shows 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.
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