New Exhibition Explores the Concept of Time in Ancient Culture [Video]

The National Széchényi Library’s (OSZK) exhibition entitled The Forms of Time, opening on Saturday, presents the perception of time in ancient and Christian culture.

In addition to calendars, chronicles, postcards, and photographs, the exhibition will also include physical, as well as digital items for children, who will be able to try out the Book of Hours of Pannonhalma and Hungarian composer Ferenc Liszt’s pocket calendar.

As the OSZK wrote in a press release, the aim of the exhibition is to present our celebrations, our commemorative days that stand out from the everyday, and the importance of celebrating them. The exhibition gives a glimpse into how the ancients conceived of time and how our ancestors looked to the future, how they thought about everyday life and holidays.

The exhibition captures three aspects of time. In the first, marking linear space, there are chronological works: chronicles, old calendars, and diaries of famous people. In the second space, showing …