N. Dvorszky Hedvig - F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1991/1. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1991)
MŰHELY - Summaries
SUMMARIES Alice MEZEY-DEBRECZENI - Andrea HARIS: Was it a manor-house that Antal Grassalkovich had built in Hatvan? The report is a summary of the results that the still on-going field-work and archival researches have so far produced. It outlines the most important events of the architectural history: the building of the first manorhouse in the 1750ies when earlier farmstead edifices were partly made use of; the extension of this first manorhouse in the second part of the 18th century; finally the late 19th century reconstructions when the requirements of representation became decisive. At the beginning of its history, in the first phase of the building activities initiated by Antal Grassalkovich I, this country-seat was mainly an agricultural center of the estate. Work was being organised from here and it also served as a depo for crops. This remained its primary function up to the second part of the 19th century when the main building got turned into a representative manor-house. The report finally suggests a terminological consideration of the current use of the Hungarian word 'kastély' (its nearest English equilant being manor-house or hall) covering the origin of the word, the intention of the commissioner, and the function of the building this definition has been applied to. Similar examination of the term is not unknown in earlier historical context but has never been carried out yet, relating to the 18th century. Zsuzsa LUKÁCS - Juan CABELLO - Peter CSENGEL: Field-research in the Premontratensen provostal church in Ocsa The short report summes up the new results of a field-work started in and carried out since 1986. The building of the church was started at the beginning of the 13th century. Having laid down the homogeneous foundations, construction work above ground was started with the sanctuaries. The towers originally should have stood in front of the west front but due to a change of plan the present-day solution with towers erected above the west facade took shape. As a consequence the nave became one bay shorter than it had originally been planned. The vaults over the sanctuaries have been rebuilt, however, they adjust to the outline of the mediaeval vaults. The place of the Romanesque choir was defined. Capitals of the pillars were originally painted; the angle spur on the bases have been set free, as they were covered by the younger ground level. No further remains of wall-paintings, than the earlier restored ones in the middle sanctuary, were found. The ground level in the middle sanctuary, the choir, in the two sanctuaries on the sides and in the nave differed. In the transept the remnants of the choir-sereen were defined. South of the church lay a settlement (12th to 13th century) that had, however, become extinct by the time the church construction was started. The convent building, so far unknown, lay at the NW cerner of the church, independently from the latter. Its orientation is NS, it consisted of a single wing of two stories. Judit LÁSZAY-GÁL: The so called 'Rákóczi Room ' in the Franciscan convent at Szécsény The Franciscan convent at Szécsény is an outstanding listed site undergoing architectural reconstruction based on field-research. The 'Rákóczi Room' is a result of this joint effort of some years.
