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English translation
Rohonc Codex (Rohonci-kódex, also spelled Rohonczi Codex) [approx. 1830?] — Language not determined.

Paper. – 120x100 mm. – (224) folios.

Writing: unknown.

Ornaments: 57 ink drawings.

Binding: wallet-like leather binding in a semi-leather case.

Place of origin: Hungary (?)

Owner: It was taken to the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1838, from the Library of the Batthyány family in Rohonc.

Remarks: Probably a 19th c. hoax, on a paper from the beginning of the 16th c. The images suggest religious content (Old and New Testament). It was probably an attempt to forge an ancient Hungarian codex. – Attachments: A postcard by Bernhard Jülg sent from Innsbruck in 1885 to Pál Hunfalvy about his attempts to decipher the codex; 2 pieces of watermark-photos, with the age determination of the paper by Kálmán Némäti.

Edition: none.

Bibliography:
 * SZABÓ, Károly: A régi hun-székely írásról [Of the Old Hun-Székely Writing System], Budapesti Szemle 6 (1866), 123-124.
 * FEJÉRPATAKY, László: Irodalmunk az Árpádok korában [Our Literature in the Age of the Árpáds (11-13th century)], Budapest, 1878. p. 3.
 * NÉMÄTI, Kálmán: A Rohonczi-Codex ábécéje [The Alphabet of the Rohonc Codex], Magyar Nevelő, 1889.
 * NÉMÄTI, Kálmán: A Rohonczi-Codex tantételei [Doctrines about the Rohonc Codex], Budapest, 1892.
 * PINTÉR, Jenő: ~ magyar irodalomtörténete [Jenő Pintér's History of Hungarian Literature], Budapest, 1930 (vol. 1.) - 1941 (vol. 8.). Volume 1, p. 43., and pp. 724-725.
 * GYÜRK, Ottó: Megfejthető-e a Rohonci-kódex? [Can the Rohonc Codex Be Solved?], Élet és Tudomány 25 (1970), 1923-1924.

Microfilm: Mf. 1173/II.

Criticism
Ornaments. The codex contains 87 ink drawings, not 57 as affirmed above.

Remarks. Age determination of the paper was first done by János Jerney (1844), Némäti quotes a substantial part of this article in his work (1892) – including the age determination of the paper. So Jerney's research might have been attributed to Némäti.

Bibliography. Jerney's work is a thorough first attempt to describe the codex. It is worth mentioning.
 * JERNEY, János: Némi világosítások az ismeretlen jellemű rohonczi írott könyvre, Tudománytár, 8 (új f.), 1844. Vol 15., Book 1., 25–36., in Hungarian