A Herman Ottó Múzeum Évkönyve 20. (1981)

SCHÖNERNÉ PUSZTAI Ilona: A szalonnai református templom helyreállítása

A SZALONNAI REFORMÁTUS TEMPLOM HELYREÁLLÍTÁSA 51 The walled up windows of the present nave were opened up. We have also found the original height of the architrave in the nave. The later additions are of worse quality than the original round church. It can be dated, according to its style, from the second half of the 13th c. or perhaps from the very beginning of the 14th c: the tympanum stone, made during the enlargement, in the west gate, where it was placed from the round church, was rehewn at the end of the 13th c. The plans of reconstruction follow the results of the archaeological and architectural researches. The main aspect of the planning, beside the elimination of technical defects, was the reconstruction of the Middle Age monument church. We have recovered the original ground floor of the round church, bridging over the level difference with steps on the place of the demolished part of the wall. The baroque gallery in the shrine of the round church was placed on the floor as the front piece of priests' stalls. The main task of the reconstruction was the refurnishing of the romanesque windows, the frontal architecture and the architrave. The remnants of the ruined gothic ventry and vaults are shown inside the building. The newly built additions differ from the original parts both in material and elaboration, while they are coherent in their colour and form. A new open truss-structure was planned above the 13th c. nave. The gable was opened with new apertures. The new elements are formally answering the medieval parts, however they can be set apart to help the understanding of the old architectural units. The windows and the baroque wooden furniture of the nave were also reconstructed. The wooden belfry has got its original form together with the badly worn fencing wall. The frame of the medieval gate of the fence, found in the baroque walls, was replaced in the fencing wall as the main entrance. The ruined walls of the gothic ventry are presented in the yard. Éva M. Kozák, István Féld, Károly Kozák archaeologists, András Vándor structural engineer, Károly Marki wood-restorer took part in the reconstruction. Execution was carried out by the Nyíregyháza Management of Construction of the INHM under József Koroly's leadership. Ilona Schöner—Pusztai