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

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

inconsistancies between the profiles of the reddish sandstone and the marble framing elements suggest that they would have occupied different stretches of wall rather than have been laid one on top of the other. As the heights of the ashlar blocks are the same the mouldings must have formed part of a cornice of blind arches articulating the end of the wall. As the other mouldings are of differing materials and profiles they must have come from those parts of the structure consistent with their colour. The blind arches had rear surfaces measuring 30-32, 50-52 and 60-64cm in width. Their height we do not know. The marble fragments therefore consist of ornamental moulded fragments including two known arch elements, a surface decorated with a tendril pattern intertwined with birds and an undulating vine motif. The latter white marble arch element created a blind arch two foot wide having carved ornamentation on both the surface and the framing devices, as well as inlaid spandrels. At Eger the inlay spreads to the white marble pavement slabs with their pairs of semi-circles. These fragments may have formed part of the architectural elements of the rood screen separating off the chancel of the cathedral from the nave. The polychrome marble pavement in all probability gave visual expression to the importance of the sanctuary. The chancel decoration, possibly in keeping with the blind arcade, included marble elements including several antique letters. We also have evidence of two responds, base fragments and arch ribs bearing a resemblence to the support system of the cathedral. The various styles one sees in the rood screen appear to have evolved from the remodelling of the cathedral which took place at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. 188