Scholar · Cataloguer
Boldizsár Csornay-Caprez
fl. 1996–2000 · Hungary
Hungarian scholar and cataloguer, active 1996–2000. Worked at Cyprus (research visit). Catalogued the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest; worked with András Rázsó and János György Szilágyi.
Life and work
- 1996–1996Studied Cypriote antiquities and researched in Cyprus under a Hungarian-Cypriote inter-state scholarship programme with extra funding from the Open Society Fund; thanks the Department of Antiquities for access to the local collections and CAARI (then directed by Stuart Swiny) for help
- 2000Published Cypriote Antiquities (Monumenta Antiquitatis Extra Fines Hungariae Reperta VI), cataloguing 160 objects: all ancient Cypriote objects registered in Hungary, mostly in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, except Roman lamps and glass (already catalogued by T. Szentléleky 1969 and L. Barkóczi 1996) and about two dozen unpublished coins in the Hungarian National Museum
Connections
10 peopleScholarship
- Published material of Ferenc Szerafin Zichy2000
- Published material of Max Ohnefalsch-Richter2000
- Published material of Paul Julius Arndt2000
- Student of János György Szilágyipossibly
Colleagues & contacts
- Worked with András Rázsó1996–2000
- Worked with János György Szilágyi1996
- Worked with Margit Szabados1996–2000
- Worked with Stuart Swiny1996
- Connected with Vassos Karageorghis1996
- Connected with T. Szentléleky2000
- Connected with Z. Oroszlan
Objects
Base Ring II bird-face female figurine holding an offering (cat. 67)
From AlambraMuseum of Fine Arts, Budapest SzM T.121914Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 8, cat. 67
Fragmentary diadem of a large-size figurine (cat. 122)
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest SzM T.5991914Csornay-Caprez 2000, cat. 122
Set of bronze objects (cat. 129-150), 'probably' from a Bronze Age cemetery at Ayia Paraskevi (basis: the only published piece, no. 129, reportedly from that site)
From Ayia Paraskevi (probable)Hungarian National Museum, later Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest1891Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 8
Four White Painted jugs (cat. 17, 24, 27, 50) bought in Volosca (Opatija) and labelled by the dealer a 'find of Grado'; Csornay-Caprez says the decoration is prevalent in central Cyprus
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (via András Jósa Museum, Nyíregyháza, 1952)1911Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 8
Zichy Collection: the overwhelming majority of the catalogued objects, said by the Zichy family's undocumented recollection to have been obtained in Cyprus by Count Ferenc Zichy during a joint visit with Lord Layard (most probably 1878-9)
From CyprusMuseum of Fine Arts, Budapest1948Csornay-Caprez 2000, p. 8
Sources
- 1.Boldizsár Csornay-Caprez (2000). Cypriote Antiquities. Rome, L'Erma di Bretschneider.