H. Kolba Judit szerk.: Historical Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum Guide 2 - From the Foundation of the State until the Expulsion of the Ottomans - The history of Hungary in the 11th to 17th centuries (Budapest, 2005)

ROOM 4 - Villages and Towns in the Second Half of the 15th century and at the Beginning of the 16th century (Piroska Biczó )31

28. Home altar, painted wood, Kassa (Kosice), early 16th century 29. End panel of a church pew, Szepeshely (Spisská Kapitula), 15th century them some imported objects. The brass mortars and candlesticks were produced most probably in Hungary, while the brass dish was imported from Germany. The home altar from Kassa (Kosice), representing the Annunciation and the prophets Ezekiel and Isaiah, was an aid to everyday home devotion (Fig. 28). The economic power of the towns was reflected in their architecture, primarily in the rebuilding and enlarging of their parish churches, public buildings and town-halls. Kassa's Parish Church of St. Elizabeth (Kosice), built between 1380 and 1440, was enlarged with a new chancel, covered with reticulated vaulting. The chancel built in the third quarter of the 15th century is a precursor of Late Gothic architecture, which influenced building activity from the 1470s onwards. The chapel erected by burgher Hentel in the former Cemetery of SS Peter and Paul, Székesfehérvár was built in Late Gothic style. With its church completed in the second half of the 15th century and its town-hall built in the first decade of the 16th century, the main square in Bártfa (Bardejov), has preserved its mediaeval ap-