Kováts Valéria: A szigetvári Zrínyi Miklósd Múzeum kiállításai. (A Janus Pannonius Múzeum Füzetei 10. Pécs, 1966)

EXHIBITION OF TURKISH APPLIED ARTS OF THE ERA OF THE OCCUPATION In the inner part of the Szigetvár of today, wedged between narrow building sites, there is a small characteristically Turkish two-storey building. On the ground

—floor of this small house, the settlement of Szigetvár of the age occupation (1566—1689.) is exhibited; on the first floor, some characteristic products of the Turkish applied arts are on show. No dwelling houses or similar buildings have survived in Hungary from the age of occupation, except this Turkish house, in Szigetvár. This little building may have been the quarter ^caravan-seray) of the merchants frequently coming to it. The maps, delineations, drawings of reconstructions laid on the tableaux on the groundfloor represent the settlement of Szigetvár having been built according to the model of Turkish towns. The Hungarian inhabitants of the town were killed, driven off and completely extirpated after the siege in 1566. In replacement of the extirpated peasants, different Balkan peoples were settled down in the suburbs. On the first floor some embroideries and carpets, copper utensils, weapons, potteries and pipes as the typical products of Oriental applied arts are shown. Ihe famous Turkish wares were in demand not only in the empire, but also beyond the borders. Of the products of Turkish applied arts especially the influence of embroidery and ceramics can still be found in the Hungarian works of art.