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Szilveszter TERDIK: “Athonite” Miniature Carvings at the Museum of Applied Arts
[The history of the applied arts in Csongrád county.] A Móra Ferenc Múzeum Évkönyve 1970. Szeged, 1972, p. 51, fig. 39. Puskás, Bernadett- Tóth, Ferenc: A makói görög katolikus templom. [The Greek Catholic church in Makó.] Makó, 2004, p. 8. 19 Height: 38 cm, diameter of base: 16 cm. Museum of Applied Arts, inv. no. 19124. The cross was purchased in 1911: Jelentés a Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum 1911. évi állapotáról. [Status report of the Hungarian National Museum for the year 1911.] Budapest, 1912, p. 45. Full-page photograph: ibid. p. 51. 20 For more about György Nikolics see: Kapossy, János: Magyarországi ötvösök a XVIII-XIX. században. [Metalworkers in Hungary in the 18th— 19th centuries.] Budapest, 1934 (hereafter: Kapossy 1934), p. 25. Jovan and Demeter Nikolics are also recorded: CtajhTi, Baca: npHBpeAa HoBora CaAa 1748—1880 M3 apxuBa HOBOcaACKor MarHCTpaTa. Hobh CaA, 1941 (hereafter: Ctajhtí 1941), p. 204. 21 1805 and 1806: Data are available about Athanáz and Márkus Nikolics: Kapossy 1934, p. 41. In 1837 Jovan Nikolics was the master of the guild. Ctajhtí 1941, p. 317. 22 Kapossy 1934, p. 42. 23 Grotte, András: ‘Kísérlet néhány magyarországi ötvösjegy feloldására XIV.’ [An attempt to solve certain Hungarian hallmarks, part XIV.] Művészettörténeti Értesítő 62 (2013), p. 78. Idem: ‘Templomi edények II.’ [Ecclesiastical vessels, part II.] Műemlékvédelem LVIII (2014), issue 3, pp. 166—167, figs. 5-6. 24 In 2015, when the cross underwent cleaning, the glass in the case, which was too thick and broken in some places, was replaced with thinner glass by the restorers, Gábor Juhász and Noémi Varga. 25 Courtauld Gallery. The item is discussed in: Beckwith, John: ‘Crosses from Mount Athos in the Gambier-Parry Collection.’ The Burlington Magazine 109 (1967), p. 174, fig. 92. The Hungarian literature is not yet aware of a goldsmith of this name. 26 Height: 16.3 cm, width: 8 cm, diameter of base: 5 cm, Museum of Applied Arts, inv. no. 60.692.1 27 There is a similar, but smaller piece in the Hungarian National Museum: inv. no. 1961.758. Two 18th-century crosses are in the Serbian Orthodox Museum, Szentendre: H. Kolba, Judit- Hapák, József: Egyházak kincsei Magyarországon. [Ecclesiastical treasures in Hungary.] Budapest, 2008, pp. 138-139. The cross in the collection of the Déri Museum, Debrecen, was made, according to the inscription on its base, in 1758. It was purchased by the museum in 1917. Inv. no. III. 1917.13. Height: 14 cm, width: 5.5 cm, diameter of base: 4.5 cm .Jelentés Debreczen szabad királyi város múzeumának 1916. és 1917. évi működéséről és állapotáról. [Status and operational report of the museum of the free royal city of Debreczen (sic) for the years 1916 and 1917.] (Debrecen, 1918), p. 23. A photograph of the cross appears in: Darkó, Imre (ed.): Vezető a Déri Múzeum kiállításaihoz. [Guide to the exhibitions in the Déri Museum.] Debrecen, 1978, p. 244, fig. 9. 28 Length: 18.7 cm, width: 5.3 cm, thickness: 1.3 cm, Museum of Applied Arts, inv. no. 53.5014.1. 29 Karakatsanis 1997, pp. 394-395. 30 No. 34587. Ballian, Anna (ed.): Relics of the Past. Treasures of the Greek Orthodox Church and the Population Exchange. The Benaki Museum Collection, [n.p.] 2011, p. 107. 31 Length: c. 15 cm, width: 4.7 cm, height: c. 2.5 cm; case dimensions: 14.4 x 7.5 cm, Museum of Applied Arts, inv. no. 67.227.1.1-1.2 32 H. Koi.ba, Judit: Ezer évünk történelmi egyházai. Szakrális kincseink. [Historical churches of the last thousand years in Hungary. Hungary’s sacral treasures.] Keszthely, 2004, p. 18. 33 AnMX: 1. ASàp nsTTTiKÔç Mexearr] Xxaúpco (Adam, who Fell into Sin, Arose through the Cross), 2. ASap npcoTOTrXaaxoi; Msxeaxr] Xxaúpco (Adam, who First Created Man, Arose through the Cross), 3. Apj(y] nicrxewç Mcoouïkoç Xxaupôç (The Moses’ Cross in the Beginning of Faith). The first two interpretations: Bentchev, Ivan: ‘Monogramme 74
