On the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the publication of the Golden Bull, the Primate and Grand Chapter Archives, in cooperation with the Christian Museum, opened a chamber exhibition on Friday afternoon in Esztergom, in the Cathedral Treasury. - can be read in the Hungarian nation.
Among others, Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Róbert Répássy, State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Csaba Kandrács, Vice-President of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB), Csaba Török, Director of the Treasury of the Cathedral, András Hegedűs, Archivist of Esztergom Primate, were present at the event. director, thematic expert of commemorative coins and Ádám Hernádi, mayor of Esztergom.
An important role in choosing the location of the exhibition was played by the fact that in the Middle Ages the Esztergom copy of the Aranybulla was kept in almost the same place.
In 1222 II. They wanted to ensure the survival of the certificate issued by King András by issuing seven original copies, one of which was handed over to the Grand Chapter of Esztergom. The storms of Hungarian history are well characterized by the fact that all copies have been lost to this day. The full text of the original document is known from the earliest copy, made in 1318, owned by the Primate Archives. The decree issued in 1222 got its name from its golden seal, i.e. its bull.
On the occasion of the jubilee, between May 21 and September 11, the original golden seal will be displayed together with the oldest text copy in the treasury of the Basilica.
the entire article of Attila Borsodi in Magyar Nemzet .
Photo: MTI/Tamás Vasvári
