Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Arhitectura ecleziastică din Satu Mare (Satu Mare, 2008)
Acâş - Ákos
church, but only the southern and the western ones are used today, the northern one was walled up during the Middle Ages. The semicircular stone doorframes are kept on the northern and southern side. The latter one is the most decorated, with three segments, and a semicircular profile. On the upper part a simple semicircular tympanum was made. On the northeastern side of the church a chapel was built with a semicircular sanctuary. The chapel was destroyed before the Reformation. The Ottoman and Tatar raids affected several times the church, while the fire in 1642 destroyed the roof. According to the local tradition, the divine service was made under the tower until 1732, when the new roof was made. A lightning stroked the tower in 1747, therefore, the steeple was renewed. The earthquake of 1834 made more important damages, the complete reparation being made only at the beginning of the 20th century. These renovations were made in two parts, being conducted by Frigyes Schulek. The exterior was left without plaster, remembering the techniques of the Romanic period. The old spherical steeples of the tower were changed to pyramidal roofs made of brick. The upper part of the western faţade and the porch was built in the same time. In the interior, the sanctuary was vaulted again, and a new triumphal arch was built with three windows. Overall, the restoration was of good quality and contributed to the preservation of the architectural values. The water filtered in the walls damaged the church in the last decades. A canalization was made in order to prevent more infiltration, therefore, an archeological research was made around the church. On the exterior the surrounding graveyard and the foundations of the chapel were revealed, while in the interior traces of the transformations in the sanctuary were detected. It is worth to mention the furnishing of the church made during the 18th century and decorated with painted floral motifs. The organ was made at the beginning of the 20th century and it was recently renovated. The older of the two bells was made in 1742, while the other one in 1924. (SzP). Bibliografie - Irodalom - References Bogyay Tamás, „Az ákosi református templom”, Magyar Építőművészet, 43 (1944), p. 67-70. Kiss Imola - Tóth Géza-Ivor, Ákos. Református templom, Kolozsvár, 1996. Erdélyi Műemlékek 18. Péter-Levente Szőcs, „The Abbey Church of Ákos: An Architectural and Functional Analysis of a ‘Kindred Monastery’ Church”, Annual of Medieval Studies at CEU, 9 (2003), p. 155-180. > ^ > 1 I »!■ I I 13
