Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 32/2. (2012)
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200 Z. Soós-R. Bakonyi is dated to the 13thcentury (Jánó-Jékely 2003, 17-18). It is also worth mentioning the ruined church of Tomenti in the Ciuc Basin built in the Arpadian period in the late 13th century. During the archaeological excavations the ground plan of the church was identified having a 7.8 x 6.5 m large nave and a 5 x 5 m large apse (Botár 2009, 14-17). *** The main result of the excavation of the medieval church in Välenii de Mure? was that we could identify its ground plan, size and we could approximately establish the construction period of the church. It is still unclear whether the altar was semicircular or polygonal as its closest standing analogy from Suseni and based on the preserved gothic tabernacle we suppose that it had rather a mixed Romanesque and early Gothic style that is characteristic for this transition period. The first mention of the church in the papal registers from 1332 and the art historical dating of the paintings suggest that very probably it was built in the first decades of the 14th century or at the very end of the 13lh century. The builder of the church based on the documents and on the landowners from this period could be probably the Losonci family like in the case of the nearby church of Suseni. However it is not obvious who the donator of the paintings was, since in the first half of the 14th century there are two other possibilities besides the Losonci family. In the 1320’s it is mentioned among the owners of the village Miklós Talmácsi and his heir, Péter Cseh. The baroque crypt was very likely built for the Rédei family. According to the data of a local historian (Csősz 2000, 89-90), the members of this family were buried there from the end of the 18th century until 1880, Lajos Rédei being the last one buried in the crypt. The entrance of the crypt was intact until the first half of the 20th century. Benkő 2010 Botár 2009 Csánki 1986 Csősz 2000 Engel 1996 Entz 1994 Entz 1996 Iványi 1928 Jakó 1990a Jakó 1990b Jánó-Jékely 2003 Jékely-Kiss 2008 Németh 2011 Köpeczi 1986 Kristó 1998 Kristó 2000 REFERENCES Benkő, E., A középkori székelyek, IN: Benkő, E.-Kovács, Gy. (eds.), A középkor és a kora újkor régészete Magyarországon, I, Budapest, 221-254. Botár, I., Kövek, falak, templomok, Csíkszereda. Csánki, D., Magyarország történelmi földrajza a Hunyadiak korában, V, Budapest. Csősz, L, A disznajói Rhédeyek és Fráterek nyomában, Kolozsvár. Engel, R, Magyarország világi archontológiája 1301-1457, II, Budapest. Entz, G., Erdély építészete a 11-13. században, Kolozsvár. Entz, G., Erdély építészete a 14-16. században, Kolozsvár. Iványi, B., A Tomaj nemzetségbeli Losonczi Bánffy család története, 2. kötet (1458-1526), Budapest. Jakó, Zs., A kolozsmonostori konvent jegyzőkönyvei, I, Budapest. Jakó, Zs., A kolozsmonostori konvent jegyzőkönyvei, II, Budapest. Jánó, M.-Jékely, Zs., A templom épülete és falfestményei, In: Jánó, M. (ed.), A gelencei Szent Imre templom, Sepsiszentgyörgy, 7-48. Jékely, Zs.-Kiss., L., Középkori falképek Erdélyben, Budapest. K. Németh, A., A középkori Tolna megye templomai, Pécs. Köpeczi, B. (ed.), Erdély története, I, Budapest. Kristó, Gy., Anjou-kori oklevéltár, V, (1318-20), Budapest-Szeged. Kristó, Gy., Anjou-kori oklevéltár, VI, (1321-1322), Budapest-Szeged.
