The members of the Museum of Ethnography visited Pannonhalma


The members of the Museum of Ethnography visited Pannonhalma On 4 October, about sixty members of the Museum of Ethnography visited Pannonhalma. As one component of the day’s programme, they paid a visit to the Collections of the Archabbey (Library, Archives, Museum).

Our Archives enriched with a turned up literary record


Researchers have already known the letter which was sent by Prioress Elena – the superior of the convent for Dominican sisters on the Isle of Rabbits (called Margaret Island today) – to her nephew, István Bocskay around 1520. According to scholars, the letter was put down in writing by Sister Lea Ráskay, the famous copyist of codices. The document in Hungarian belonged to the collection of the Erdődy Archives preserved in our institution.

The Diocesan Councils of Pannonhalma


The Institute of History has published the volume of The Diocesan Councils of Pannonhalma by Dénesi Tamás. The collection and analysis of the documents was made possible by the programme entitled The Councils and Congresses of the Hungarian Catholic Church 1790–2010 supported by OTKA (The Hungarian Scientific Research Fund: Funding Basic Research in Hungary).