Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 27. (Budapest, 2009)

Emese PÁSZTOR - Márta TÓTH - Anikó PATAKI - Andrea VÁRFALVI: Turkish Cases from the Esterházy Treasury

9, 10. Petrasch - Sänger - Zimmermann - Majer 1991, pp. 246-249, cat. 197-200 and figs. 15 The sources mention a case covered in red velvet and embellished with silver applique among the chattels bequeathed in 1641 by Baron István Orlay, lord lieutenant of Gömör county, on which 'are a silver moon, sun and stars, with straps and arrows'. Thaly, Kálmán, 'A b. Orlay s gr. Serényi család zábláthi levéltárából'. Történelmi Tár 1898, p. 213. We find something similar in 1650: 'Red velvet case, on which are a silver moon, sun and stars'. Op. cit., p. 222. For ensembles of velvet-covered cases embellished with silver-gilt appliqué in the Karlsruhe 'Tiirkenbeute' collection, see nos. D 94, 95, 98. Petrasch - Sänger - Zimmermann Majer 1991, p. 241, cat. 190-191 and p. 242, Fig.; p. 244, cat. 194, Fig. 16 Majláth, Béla, A történelmi kiállítás kalauza. Budapest, 1886 (hereinafter: Cat. Budapest 1886), p. 363, nos. 1365, 1366, 1367 (inv. no. 52.2882); pp. 363-364, no. 1368 (inv. no. 52.2865 (fig. I); p. 364, no. 1369 (inv. no. 52.2864), no. 1370 (inv. no. 52.2880 (fig. II). 17 Eight Turkish bow-cases and one arrow-case from Prince Ödön Batthyány-Strattmann's collection at Körmend featured at the exhibition. Szendrei, József, Magyar hadtörténelmi emlékek az ezredéves országos kiállításon. Budapest, 1896 (hereinafter: Szendrei 1896, 1986), p. 408, nos. 2859 (fig. 1, right-hand picture) and 2861; p. 409, no. 2865 (fig. 1, left-hand picture); p. 410, no. 2875 (fig. 2, left-hand picture); p. 411, no. 2878; p. 430, no. 2955 (fig. 1, middle); p. 570, no. 3250; p. 569, no. 3247; p. 586, no. 3285 (fig. 2, right-hand picture). 18 Fig. 1: Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Archive, Inv. photonegative. 2183, archive photograph of three bow-cases from the one-time BatthyányStrattmann collection at Körmend that featured at the Millennial Exhibition as nos. 2865 (left-hand side), 2955 (middle) and 2859 (right-hand side) respectively. Szendrei 1896,1986, p. 409, no. 2865; p. 430, no. 2955; p. 408, no. 2859. 19 Fig. 2: Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Archive, Inv. photonegative. 2182, archive photograph of a bow-case and arrow case from the one-time Batthyány-Strattmann collection at Körmend that featured in the Millennial Exhibition as exhibit no. 2875 (left-hand side) and no. 3285 (right-hand side). Szendrei 1896,1986, p. 410, no. 2875; p. 586, no. 3285. 20 Fig. 3: Archive photograph of a bow-case in the Esterházy Treasury at Fraknó that was covered with red velvet and appliqué made from silver-gilt sheeting. Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Archive, Inv. photonegative. 2193. — The bow-case in Petrasch - Sänger - Zimmermann - Majer 1991, p. 241, cat. 190, inv. no. D 94) is - if we disregard the frame pattern - an almost exact variant of a bow-case formerly kept in the Esterházy collection at Fraknó. 21 László Révay travelled to Istanbul as Miklós Esterházy's envoy in 1621. In his diary, he described a procession attended by Sultan Osman II, who was starting out on a military campaign. In this procession, two zülüflü agasii, who were going on ahead of the sultan, wore 'diamond-encrusted quivers' at their side. From the diaries kept by János Dualszky, László Révay, Márton Révay, and Zsófia Esterházy, 1600-1655. Magyar Történelmi Tár 3, (1857), p. 249. 22 We find an example of a case covered over its entire surface among the goods inventoried in 1684 in Munkács Castle: 'Case fully covered with sheet silver, with arrow holder'. Thaly 1873, p. 184. 23 Radvánszky 1888, pp. 51-53. 24 Radvánszky 1888, pp. 54-55. 25 For majc see Pásztor, Emese, 'Száz év múltán - ismét a "majc-kérdéshez"', Ars Decorativa 18(1999), pp. 7-35. 26 A special example of cases with sheet appliqué, a bow-case from the early seventeenth century with a brown leather front side embellished with silver-gilt openwork appliqué on red, blue and green silk that was made as present to given in diplomacy is preserved in the weapons collection at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Inv. no. C 18. Prag um 1600. Kunst und Kultur am Hofe Kaiser Rudolfs II. Ausstellungskatalog. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien. Hrg.: Hermann Fillitz. Wien, 1988, p. 296, cat. 807. 27 We find an example of a case covered over its entire surface among the goods inventoried in 1684 in Munkács Castle: 'Case fully covered with sheet silver, with arrow holder'. Thaly 1873, p. 184. 107