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Notes 1 Hungarian National Archives (HNA) E-148 Neoregestrata acta, fasc.1724. No.48 2 HNA E-156 Urbaria et Conscriptiones, fasc.154, No. 70, Published by Hildegard Baranyai and Mária Csernyánszky. Urb.etConscr. 7/2, Bp, 1984 Sources Published by the Art Historical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Science. It is worth mentioning that according to the list the wall of one of the palaces opening to the west from the dining room was decorated with "eight woven flowery tapestries". 3 Slovakian Central State Archives, the Vöröskő archives of the Pálffy-family, Arm. VIII. Lad. 5.fasc.3.No.23. Inventarium rerum mob. Rákoczianorum in Arce SarosPatak et Szerencs repertarum: "cubiculum exornatum auleis caerulei coloris ex tela in frustis No.36." About the 8 tapestries of the other palace, see: "aulea parietibus affixa, attrita, persici laboris in frustis No.8." These Persian tapestries did not belong to the series of 36 pieces. 4 HNA E -190, Arch. Fam. Rákóczi /AFR/ fasc. 10, No.3200 5 see above, No.3117 6 see above, fasc. 14, No. 4662 7 see above, No.4682 8 see above, fasc.16, No.4915 and 4918 9 see above, fasc. 17, No. 5242 10 Baranyai, II.: Bethlen Gábor gyulafehérvári palotájának összeírása 1629 aug.l6-án (The list of the Gyulafehérvár residence of Prince Gábor Bethlen, on August 16, 1629) In. Müv.Tört. Tanulmányok (Art Historical Studies) Bp, 1961 pp.229-258. In. Müvtört. Dok.Kp. Évkönyve (Yearbook of Art Historical Documentation Centre) 1959-60 11 Baranyai, H: see above; about Austria see: Maria Csernyánszky: Flandrische Tapisserien im Vorarlbcrger Landesmuseum, in: Jahrbuch des Vorarlberger Landesmuseumsvereins 1968-69. S.26-38. The sizes of the tapestry published in this essay are similar to those mentioned by Mednyánszky. The 642 forint price is also proportionate to the one cited by Mrs H. Baranyai: in the Bethlen accountancy book there was an item in 1620, where 585 forints were paid for 9 Flanders tapestries. 12 AFR fasc.21. No.6327. Tapestries from the Netherlands are also mentioned among the belongings of Ferenc Rákóczi II, see Thaly, Kálmán: Munkácsi leltárak és udvartartási iratok (Inventories and Court Documents from Munkács) 1680-1701, in: Történelmi Tár (Historical Magazine 1900 pp.358-360 XXIV): The furniture of the apartment of Princess Rákóczi in Sárospatak Castle, on November 12, 1700: In the outer room, which was equipped with red velvet draperies: " 6 Blad grienne Niederlenderische Spalier". However, there is no reference in this statement whether the apartment was in the Sárospatak Castle and none of the rooms mentioned in the list of July 18-29, 1701 may be identified with the above.
