Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 14. (Budapest, 1994)
TOMPOS Lilla: Legenda és valóság; Esterházy László „páncélinge"
...Nepristavili sa Az pri Vezekéni, Tam boli na cisto Zbiti, premozeni. Ked vitazi zamski Turkov znivocili, Zpatky sa vrátili Bohu chválu vzdáli. Len tu banuvali Ti zámski vitazi Zeznich v boji padli Styriá Esterházy Ty gróf Forgách Ádám Hlavny vitáz zámsky, Bude ta spominat Vecne lud uhersky... (They stopped at Nagyvezekény, where the defeated the Turkish army, and returned home to Újvár to praise God. Despite the victory, the knights were mourning because four of the brave Esterházys died there. Good Adam Forgách, the commander of Újvár, the Hungarians will never forget your name.) The legend, the protagonist of which is the excellent swordsman, the noble-hearted young László Esterházy, dates from the Kuruts period. On his way home from a raid with his troops he captured several Turks.His men began immediately to calculate how to share the loots. Having heard this, Esterházy decided to set a good example and he let his noble captive, a Pasha go without paying ransom. The fighting, though, flared up again at Vezekény. László fought bravely, freeing himself again and again from the Turks' encirclement. The Pasha, who watched the battle from a distance, took aim at the young count and shot through his heart. According to the customs of warfare, the arms and horse of the defeated belonged to the victorious. The Turk thus went nearer to collect the loot and the Pasha recognized his one-time saviour, László Esterházy from his ...Nem is álltak meg, csak Nagyvezekény alatt, Pozdorjává törték Ott a török hadat, S elvervén a pogányt, Újvári vitézek Hazatértek hálát Adni az Istennek. Csak azt bánták nagyon Újvárnak vitézi, Hogy ott halt közülük Négy hős Esterházy. Te jó Forgách Ádám Újvár fővitéze. Emlegetni fog a Magyar nép örökre... blue shield with golden griffs. He then had the jupon, or coat-armour of the young man sent to Fraknó castle as a sign of reverence and gratitude. According to the storyteller the legend has ever been told in this version and the jupon is kept in the castle to commemorate the hero. 5 By the end of the last century, however, this touching story was forgotten even in Fraknó, and visitors were shown the damaged iron mail of László Esterházy. 6 From representations, however, it seems that the silk jupon became a constant attribute of László Esterházy. He wears it in the painting for the gallery of ancestors, on the representation of the silver plate and in the pictorial history book of the family, published in 1700. While the three other young Esterházys wear, according to the contemporary Hungarian men's fashion a 'dolman' and a 'mente', László 's dolman with a sharp angled front and floppy sleeves is covered by a jupon decorated with lace. 7 (111. 1.) In the Middle Ages the name ,,coat of mail" referred to both the coat made of small iron chain-hoops, and to the jupon sewn of some light material worn over their armour. It provided protection against rain and sun, but its main use was to help recognize friend
