Codex Pray

Codex Pray
Budapest, illustration from the late 12th century. Note the hands of Jesus Christ folded over the genitals, which are otherwise not found in medieval depictions.

32-line funeral speech in Hungarian

The Codex Pray , confusingly often also called the Pray Codex , is a small but important collection of high medieval manuscripts and drawings on Christian topics. Some of the pages and book illuminations date from the late 12th century, others from the early 13th century. The Codex Pray is one of the most important documents kept in the Budapest National Museum.

The manuscript was named after György Pray .

Web links

Commons : Pray Codex  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• A page from the 13th century
• Details on Codex Pray and possible references to the Shroud of Turin.