F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1993/1. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1993)

MŰHELY - Móga Sándor: Esztergom hiteles ábrázolásai 1595-ből

das heutige übergroße Flachdach trotz der Reparaturen durchnäßt wird, werden wir gezwungen sein, ein Steildach auf das Gebäude anzubringen. Das große Dach muß man aber so gestalten, daß der Besucher darunter gehen kann. Durch dieses mit derart gehobenen Binderbalken konstruierte Dach könnte auch das fehlende Holzdeckengeschoß ersetzt und die ursprüngliche Massenform des Gebäudes wiederhergestellt werden. Sándor MÓGA AUTHENTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF ESZTERGOM FROM 1595 The destruction fo the Royal Palace of Esztergom was caused by the siege of 1595. The military expedition was result of an international collaboration, so it was a favourite subject of the news of the period. The war correspondents made drawings of Esztergom before the siege as well. The devastation of the siege was represented with harsh naturalism. Because of the destruction of the church land the pope was threatening with the stopping of his support. The authenticity of the engravings is proved by the circumstances of the siege, written sources and archeological facts. The engraving made before the siege may be considered as the representation of that state. It shows the „White tower" in the foreground to have been a two-storeyed Romanesque building. One storey is the vaulted room on ten metres of rubbish with double coupled windows, the other one is the loft with timber-roof. The arch-stones of both of the rooms were found in the scene or later built up. It shows the privy tower to have been one-storeyed as well, proved by archeological investigation. Other engravings also show the tower only one storey higher than the surroundings. G. Houfnagel takes care of the proportions perspectivically. The engraving of Meyerpeck is perhaps the most important from the point of view of the tower. In the interiour of the full height building three roofs are to be seen. The lower and the upper are plain roofs, while the central one is characteristically drawn vaulting. Two archeological facts have to be considered here. One is, that the present floor-level is on a ten metres layer of rubbish of the 12th century. The other fact is, that during the siege the side wall of the tower broke down, so the whole could be seen. Thus the engraving of Meyerpeck is is in accordance with the representation made before the siege, so taking into consideration that the stones of the vaultings were found it could be said that only the timber roofing of the two rooms can be reconstructed by authentic anastylosis made of original material. Considering that the present large flat roof is leaking although it is repaired again and again, it would most probably be necessary to raise a roof on the building. It should be constructed that way to allow visitors to see the inside. This way the impression of the original timberroof could be given and the original form of the building as well.