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Ildikó Katalin Pap Carved Medieval Stones in the Wall of the Calvinist Church of Kercaszomor English Summaries At the fringe of the Őrség at Kercsaszomor during the restoration works of the eighteenth-century Calvinist church, thanks to the particularly detailed documentation works, it was possible to confirm the literary and folkloric data, according to which when the new church was erected material of the earlier church of Kerca was used. The entirely demolished Saint Venceslaus church was mentioned for the first time in 1208 as the starting point of the perambulation of the Lendva-domain. Based on historical data, its patronage and geographical location, it may have been built at the beginning of the Árpád Age. The Reformation might have put an end to the use of the parish church which had been reconstructed several times during the Middle Ages. The stones of the old church that stood out of the early modern settlement had been demolished entirely to construct the new one at the Kerca part of Kercaszomor (Fig. 2). In the walls of the Calvinist church altogether 146 limestone and basalt fragments were identified, built mostly into the outer fa9ade (Table 1—4). Accurate sketches and pictures were taken of their exact locations, forms and materials. The overall visible surface of the 101 limestone fragments was 8.3 square metres, while that of the 45 basalt stones was 3.6 square metres. Based on the proportion of the stone fragments and the mixed building-in of the materials, we may presume that the nave of the Saint Venceslaus was made of limestone, while its addition was of basalt. Based on the fact that even during the nineteenth-century reconstruction works of the church stones were built from the Venceslaus church, it is likely that its demolition and the transportation of its stones was a long process. The construction history and the ground plan of the church that was still visible in ruins in the late nineteenth century could only be clarified by excavating it. During the restoration of the Calvinist church a few fragments were lifted, the most precious ones of which are the two casement-stays fitting together (Fig. 6). The lifted fragments are on display in the Calvinist church. 461
