Saint Stephen’s Monogram on the Letters-Patent of Pannonhalma
2023. augusztus 15.Saint Stephen’s monogram, i.e. the graphic sign concealing his name and title, is known by every educated Hungarian person. Seeing the monogram, first the disc-cover of the Szörényi-Bródy rock opera is always in the minds of the elder generations. However, undoubtedly fewer people know that the king’s monogram has been preserved for us on the letters-patent of Pannonhalma. As a matter of fact, the earliest chart in Latin in Hungary is Saint Stephen’s only letters-patent still extant in its original form. Its form is original, but it is not original.