A Herman Ottó Múzeum Évkönyve 19. (1980)

S.PUSZTAI Ilona: A tornaszentandrási r.k. templom helyreállítása

A TORNASZENTANDRÁSI R. K. TEMPLOM HELYREÁLLÍTÁSA 141 present shrine. Its examination revealed that it had two periods of building; both periods are presented in the restored form. The church has gained its present form in the 17th c. One of our aims was to preserve the atmosphere of the village church, thus we endeavoured to keep the not too precious baroque furniture, too. The so called "Szádvár" altar was placed, after the restoration, at the northern wall of the nave. The baroque high altar could not be placed into the church, perhaps it will be put in the lower level of the bell tower of the village. The baroque pulpit was preserved but as murals from the Middle Ages had been uncovered on the pillar of the arch, it was placed on its original place at the southern wall of the shrine. New equipment was planned, according to the new liturgical prescriptions, in the shrine beside the small baroque Mary statue and the pulpit. It is noteworthy to mention that the figures of the apostles on the banister of the western gallery were painted on paper and the sheets of papers were sticked later on the panels of the banister. The painter of the apostles is identical with the painter of the evangelist on the pulpit. The gallery was made by the local carpenter. Together with the reconstruction of the church the surroundings, the badly demolished ground was also organised. The ground level of the territory, surrounded by fencing wall, -could be renewed with a hidden buttress. The participants of the restoration were

: András Vándor, structure engineer, Csongor Földesi inner furnishing specialist, Károly Örsi horticulturist. The realisation was made by the Nyíregyháza Management of the National Intendance of Historical Monuments under József Károly's leadership. Ilona Schönerné Pusztai