Agria 39. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2003)

Havasi Krisztina: „1200 körüli” faragványcsoport töredékei a középkori egri székesegyházból

letztere Abschluss aus weißem Marmor bildete den Abschluss der zwei Fuß breiten Nische. Neben dem gemeißelten Ornament der Front und Rahmengliederungen war das Bogenfeld von inkrustierter Verzierung. Die Inkrustation kommt im Material von Eger, ebenfalls auf weißem Marmorgrund, mit Halbkreispaaren auf Bruchstücken von verzierten Abdeckplatten vor. Die Bruchstücke könnten Teile der Chorschranke der Kathedrale gebildet haben. Die Bruchstücke des polychromen dekorativen Marmorfußbodens zeichneten mit aller Wahrscheinlichkeit den Chorbereich aus. Zur Chordekoration, vermutlich im Zusammenhang mit den Blindnischen, gehörten auch Marmorelemente mit inschriftlichen, mehrzeiligen Antiquabuchstaben. Vom Bau des Stützsystems der Kathedrale zeugen zwei Halbsäulenkapitel, Pfeilerbruchstücke und spitzbogengliedrige Rippen. Mit der Herausgestaltung der abgesonderten Architektur, die die verschiedenen Stile in eine Einheit zusammenfasse könnte es in Verbindung mit dem Umbau der Kathedrale von Eger zur Wende des 12.-13. Jh. gekommen sein. Krisztina Havasi Early 13th Century Carved Fragments from Eger's Medieval Cathedral In the lapidaria of the István Dobó Castle Museum in Eger one can find numerous horizontal and vertical mouldings carved into reddish sandstone and white and greyish marble as well as chiselled pieces and slabs of coloured marble and polished stone (for the most part white, black and to a lesser extent pink and red). Most of these came to light during the excavations at the site of Eger's medieval cathedral between 1928 and 1937 and again from 1965 onwards, the latter being led by Károly Kozák. The fragments were being reused either as foundations in the vicinity of the cathedral or incorporated into the fortifications built no earlier than that the middle of the 16th century. A substantial proportion of the flooring come from either the northern aisle of the cathedral or the foundations of the eastern pier of the northern arcade of the nave (built towards the end of the 13th century). As to the original purpose of these carved stones this disappeared some time during the Middle Ages. Whilst the measurements of the red marble and the reddish sandstone mouldings correspond their profiles differ. From the carved detailing one can make out three different styles. The marble fragments are characterised by undulating vineleaf designs surrounded by swirling concentric tendrils intertwined with birds of prey and other creatures, like for example a faun picking a bunch of grapes. The decoration of the reddish sandstone mouldings is partly made up of an undulating palmette motifs in a somewhat more archaic style. On one fragment one sees a more naturalistic motif combined with an undulating leaf design. The profile of the vertical mouldings form a two-layered surface, occasionally forming a pair of hollows with right-angled undercutting. In the case of the vertical marble mouldings one frequently sees the hollows dissolving into a smooth element. The row of semicircular frame elements forming part of a series of blind arches (c. 42 and 27cm in thickness), may have formed part of a free-standing rear wall. Using these two fragments as evidence, this thin structure would also have had right-angled corner features. The slight 187