The Central Library

With its stock of half a million books the Central Library of the College is the biggest collection of the Hungarian Reformed Church. Some of its rarities are unique examples, not only in Europe but in the whole world. 39 codices were written on parchment in the 1300s and 1500s. The Library keeps 146 old printed works or incunabula, 114 unique works that have been preserved in only one copy and some 1,600 rarities from Hungarian literature before 1700.

The most precious pieces in the collection are the manuscripts of famous former students, namely Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, János Arany, Ferenc Kölcsey and Endre Ady. The grateful students enriched the library of their Alma Mater with valuable books.
The most precious items are the hand-written map sheets of Germanusz Nikolausz from around 1450-1470. Another significant work is Péter Méliusz Juhász's first botany of Hungary from 1578, entitled Herbárium.

This is also where the most distinctive Hungarian bookbinding style evolved at the end of the 17th century.

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