A Miskolci Herman Ottó Múzeum Közleményei 13. (Miskolc, 1974)

COMMUNICATIONS OF THE HERMAN OTTO MUSEUM, MISKOLC CONTENTS Oui' present volume — as if a tradition with us — publishes dissertations on archeological, historical, and ethnographical issues and carries on recensing the Slovakian literature of ethnographical and historical subjects. The Herman Ottó Museum celebrated a double anniversary in the year of 1974. The introducing essays of our present number render a commemoration about that. József Szabadfalvi gives an outline of the Museum's way covered from its foundation 75 years ago up to our days. Iván Balassa commemorates Ottó Herman, the erudite polyhistor, attributor the name to our Museum, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his death. He gives a summing up of the main results of his research work in the fields of archeology, natural philosophy, and ethnography. The single dissertation for our archeological part written by Andor Saád and Magdolna Hellebrandt informs you on exploring the Diósgyőr-Tapolca cave in the area of Miskolc city. In the part for historical publications Mihály Déthsy rendelés an account on historic monuments and their present state in the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén. The statistical figures given by him lend you a helping hand to draw a good picture of this issue. Tibor Joó writes on the values of the ex- Zichy— Péchy family manor house as a historic monument, in Boldogkőváralja. Sándor Dömötör's essay entitled „The Jesenius Family in Hungary" deals chiefly with the connections of this family with those concerning the county Abaúj. László Dobosy has gathered and now he publishes the data about those habitations in the area Ozd circle (county Borsod) that had been dissolved or given changed names to. István Kiliá publishes the traveller's adventun in Poland in the year 1839 of Miklc Szűcs, a member of the well know diarywriter family in Miskolc. Say dor Dömötör makes known a poei on Sándor Rózsa, a remarkah Hungarian highwayman and outla\ written by Bertalan Szemere, tl Minister of Home Affairs during tl period of Hungarian War of Ind< pendence in 1848—49. István Sonkoi writes about the poems by Mihá' Tompa set to music. Sándor Husz\ treats with the political and archei logical connections between Ot Herman and János Bársony of Mi kolc. One of our articles concernir the history of art was written I Lajos Végváry and is about an ui known Paris picture by the paint Lajos Deák-Ébner, that now belonj to the Miskolc Gallery; the other that of Imre Dankó, which mak known the career of György Bai ezer, an artist born in Miskolc. Ar György Dénes instroduces the dr, wings made in 1906 by Gerge Pörge on the Árpád — age chur< in the village of Szalonna. In the ethnographical part, Laj Szabó ranges the data of a 18th ce] tury manuscript, the „Zsujtai diar; (on common sayings, local costun and geographical names). Iván B lassa makes known a house-and-a ricultural servants' regulation ai system of wages from the year 1812. Emőke Szalay shows the M zőcsát pieces of pottery that are be found in the Debrecen Déry Ce lection, and István Kelemen writ on the works of a Szalonna (coun Borsod) master potter who has be< unknown up to now. Mrs. Szabó n Rózsa Futó publishes precious da on collecting and utilization of ; ancient popular kind of food: i water — chestnuts, from the Tak stream region; Ernő Kunt writes i a primitive vehicle of transport (CÍ led bakiszeker in Hungarian) that like a sleigh drawn on land wiho snow. László Kordos produces rece data on the legend about Molnár cliff near Miskolc. Finally we comment twelve ne volumes, in our Slovakian Coli« tion.