F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1992/2. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1992)

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SUMMARIES Tibor KOPPÁNY: The Lutheran Church in Bakonyszentlászló The curch of this Transdanubian village north of the Bakony Hills is registered as being of medieval origin in the Inventory of the Listed Buildings in Hungary. In connection with the restoration of the building in 1966 a short investigation also took place. This proved that the sanctuary and the nave of the church are, indeed, medieval, and only the tower and the porch built in its width date from modem times. On the south façade the place of a late-Romanesque splayed gateway could be identified by the remnants of its base in the left lower corner. The right pendant was found under the bushes in the churchyard. Remains of a small Romanesque window was discovered above the gate, three further ones east of it, and on the sanctuary wall. With the help of archaeological finds and written documents the following architectural history could be identified: the sanctuary and the nave with the south porch was probably built at the begirining of the 14th century, the late Baroque tower was added in 1816. György SZEKÉR: Demetrius lapicida — a mason from the Pécs region about 1500 Recent research has produced many new data concerning the medieval history of Pécs. Archaeological survey conducted by Gábor Kárpáti since 1987 revealed considerable remains of the Dominican monastery, which indicate architectural activity of a high artistic standard about 1500. The beginning of these works might well be brought in connection with the general decree of 29th August 1491 whereby the 'immediate' commencement of a new chapel was decided to house the Relic of the Holy Blood treasured in the monastery. Architectural finds dating from this time allowed the reconstruction of the nave vault which, both in structure and in detail of form proved to be identical with the sanctuary vault of the Cathedral of the town, destroyed before 1882. The vault can be very well dated by a letter of Pope Alexander VI from 10th October 1500, in which the Bishop Sigismund is being mentionded as the commissioner of the construction. In spite of this very definite fact Hungarian specialists tended to place all the vaults of the Cathedral to the 14th century. This general opinion was based on the inscription above the window in the main sanctuary "LABORE MAGISTRI DEMETRI LAPICIDA" and the date above it, published by Koller. The date was alternately read by scholars as 1303,1345 or 1355 and even as 1505, like by Arnold Ipolyi and István Genthon. The only correct interpretation, indicated by the Arabic numbers as well as by the form of the letters can, however, be only the latter. It follows therefore that the late-Gothic stellar vault of the main sanctuary was built by the workshop of the mason Demetrius probably as early as 1500, but definitely completed by 1505. Nine different mason's marks were registered in 1882 during the demolishing of the structure meaning that Demetrius has at least nine masons working in his team. An amazingly well preserved rib junction in the Janus Pannonius Museum in Pécs has a slightly wider, but basically identically moulded profile as the ribs of the Dominican nave. The difference in width refers to a larger space, like was the nave in the Cathedral. Measurements of the main sanctuary do not allow place for this piece, therefore the nave can perhaps be taken into account. This could have been demolished as early as the begirining of the 19th century when Mihály Pollack carried out restoration on the building, necessitated by the appalling condition of the structure. The vault of the nave was measured and, taken on by Imre Henszlmann, has been preserved for us. Although Henszlmann's aim was but to present the general character of the structure and the document cannot thus be considered a technical drawing the rib junction nevertheless fits in very well with it. It is in any case certain that apart from the Dominican Church and the Cathedral there must have existed at least one other vault of similar size and standards in the town. Moreover, the oeuvre of master Demetrius