[7][8] At the end of the 1470s, 66 printing houses could operate in whole Europe, two of which were in the Kingdom of Hungary: in the Hungarian capital Buda and in Pozsony (now Bratislava).

[9]I took on a huge job that required many days, namely the printing of the Chronicle of Pannonia, a job that I believe is kind and heartwarming to all Hungarians.The Chronica Hungarorum (Chronicle of the Hungarians) tells the history of Hungarians subdividing into 246 chapters in 133 printed pages,[11] starting from the Hun-Hungarian origin until the reign of King Matthias of Hungary up to 1468.

The fourth part contains the period between 1382 and 1468, which also describes the events related to the contemporary reign of King Matthias of Hungary.

[12] The editor of this part is unknown,[6] this is the only original content of the chronicle, which was compiled either by András Hess himself or by a chancellery employee.

[5] This section until 1458 is nothing more than a chronological data series of the monarchs with their times of reign, family relations, places of deaths and burials, which is annalistic in character.

[11] Historian Gyula Kristó argued the fourth part of the work, compared to a 15th century chronicle, is "antiquated" and "flat" in its text, manner of narration and perception.

Kristó considered that this indicated the success of the Capetian House of Anjou's effort to present their own dynasty as a close and direct continuation of the Árpáds.

[12] The story of the Buda Chronicle ends suddenly at 1468, the Hungarian history of the last four years (1469–1473) is missing, possibly in order to avoid discussing politically sensitive developments (e.g. John Vitéz's failed conspiracy against the monarch and the invasion of King Casimir IV of Poland in 1471, the captivity and death of John Vitéz in 1472).

[11] According to assumptions, Hess would have originally dedicated the work to Vitéz, but due to the changing political situation, he was forced to modify this.

[2] High priests and educated, high-ranked officials of the royal court, and lower-ranked clerks were the buyers of the chronicle.

[15] The book stored in Princeton is the most recently discovered original print, the chronicle was sold at an auction for 420,000 West German marks in 1990.

[6] At the end of the printed chronicle text, the edition which stored in the National Széchényi Library also contains handwritten leonine verses from three authors about dates of birth and death of Hungarian monarchs, some historical events in accordance with the perpetual calendar Cisiojanus.

[9] There is also an argument that King Matthias preferred ornate, illustrated and representative codices in comparison to printed books that are simple in appearance, like the Buda Chronicle, which accelerated the development of its neglect.

[7] A facsimile edition of the Buda Chronicle was published in 1900 by Gusztáv Ranschburg, an introductory study was provided by historian Bishop Vilmos Fraknói.

[4] On the occasion of the 550th anniversary of the publication event, the National Széchény Library published a new facsimile edition of the chronicle in 2023.