HUN-REN‒NSZL Fragmenta et Codices Research Group

Address: National Széchényi Library, Budavári Palota, F épület, H-1276 Budapest, Pf. 1205, Hungary Tel.: +36-1-487-8634

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Edina Zsupán

Contact

National Széchényi Library, 1276 Budapest, Pf. 1205, Budavári Palota F épület, Room 614
Tel.: +36-30-487-8615
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E-mail: zsupan.edina@oszk.hu

Studies

1999–2002: Doctoral School of Ancient Studies, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Humanities, Budapest (PhD in 2017)
2005–2011: integrated MA programme in Modern Greek language and literature, ELTE, Faculty of Humanities, Budapest
1992–2002: integrated MA programme in Ancient Greek language and literature, ELTE, Faculty of Humanities, Budapest
1991–1998: ELTE Eötvös József College, Budapest
1991–1998: integrated MA programme in Latin language and literature, ELTE, Faculty of Humanities, Budapest

Employment

2016–: research fellow (NSZL Corvina programme, Supplementum Corvinianum), HAS–NSZL Res Libraria Hungariae Research Group, ELKH; at present: HUN-REN‒NSZL Fragmenta et Codices Research Group
2014–2016: head of department, NSZL, Scientific Secretariat
2008: part-time lecturer, ELTE, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Ancient Greek Language and Literature
2006–2009: part-time lecturer, ELTE, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Archaeology
2005–2014: research fellow, NSZL, Manuscript Collection
2002–2003: part-time lecturer, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Classical Philology and Department of Philosophy
1999–2002: modern Greek language teacher, interpret, translator, Katedra Language School
1998–1999: Latin teacher, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Humanities, Language Institute
1998–2002: Latin teacher, ELTE, Faculty of Humanities
1996–2000: Latin and ancient Greek teacher, Budapest-Fasori Lutheran Secondary School

Field of research

the history of humanist literature and ideas; 15th-century renaissance manuscripts related to Hungary (humanist philology, codicology, palaeography, book illumination); the Corvina Library; the manuscripts of János Vitéz and Janus Pannonius; the translation theory of Janus Pannonius

Selected publications

• A szövegalkotás tényezői Janus Pannonius Apophthegmata-fordításában [The factors of text creation in the Apophthegmata of Plutarch translated by Janus Pannonius]. Irodalomtörténeti Közlemények 124/4 (2020), 472–495.
  
• Philosophia picta: On the Reception of the Neo-Platonism of Florence in Buda, Museikon 4 (2020), 93–108.
  
• A budai műhely [The Buda workshop]. In: „Az ország díszére.” A Corvina könyvtár budai műhelye. Kiállítási katalógus. Szerk. Zsupán Edina. Budapest, OSZK, 21–62.
  
• Corvina Augusta. Die Handschiften des Königs Matthias Corvinus in der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. Hg. Edina Zsupán unter Mitarbeit von Christian Heitzmann. Budapest, OSZK, 2014 (Supplementum Corvinianum, 3).
  
• Vitéz János Leveleskönyve. ÖNB 431 [The Book of Letters of Johannes Vitéz de Zredna ‒ ÖNB, Cod. 431]. In: Erdély reneszánsza. A 2008. okt.8–11. között tartott konferencia előadásai I. Szerk. Gábor Csilla, Luffy Katalin, Sipos Géza. Kolozsvár, 2009, 16–24.

Most important exhibitions

• The Buda workshop of the Corvina Library. Exhibition in the National Széchényi Library, November 6, 2018 ‒ February 9, 2019, curator.
  
• The Gift of the Sultan. Four Corvinas from the Library of the Serai. Exhibition organized by the National Széchényi Library in cooperation with the Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre, April 24 – May 6, 2014, curator.
  
• “Please enter, the Gods are present here as well.” Arnold Ipolyi’s early years. Exhibition in the Manuscript Collection of the NSZL, November 25, 2011 ‒ February 29, 2012, associate curator
  
• A Star in the Raven’s Shadow. János Vitéz and the Beginnings of Humanism in Hungary. Exhibition organised by the National Széchényi Library in the Renaissance Year. March 14 – June 15, 2008, assistant to the curator

Memberships, collaborations, projects, fellowships

• 2020–2023: research fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Art, Research Institute of Art Theory and Methodology
  
• 2020–: Codicological study of the Corvinas preserved in Austria (NSZL, ÖNB, ÖAW Institut für Schrift- und Buchwesen, common project)
  
• 2016‒: NKFIH research project (No. 120495) entitled The Art of Renaissance in Hungary
  
• 2014–2019: NKFIH research project (No. 112283) entitled The Reception of Greek Culture in Italy and Hungary in the 15th and 16th Centuries
  
• 2014– „Mitteleuropäische Schulen” Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Institut für Schrift- und Buchwesen
  
• 2012‒2018 NKFIH research project (No. 104951) entitled Repertory of Ancient Hungarian Poetry 16th Century vol. 13
  
• 2009–2014 The study of the Corvinas preserved in the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel
  
• 2009‒2013 NKFIH research project (No. 75693) entitled Corvina Graeca
  
• 2006–2008 The detailed study of the Corvinas preserved in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich (NSZL, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek)
  
• 2005‒2010 Hungarian Manuscript Database
  
• member of the Society for Ancient Studies, Budapest
  
• member of the board of directors of the Hungarian Association for Byzantine Studies
  
• tutor in the Eötvös József College