Kecskés Péter (szerk.): Upper Tisza region (Regional Units of Open Air Museum. Szentendre, Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, 1980)

3. THE MUSEUM VILLAGE

munity to build such a church. The church stands on a log-base, its wooden construction fortified by ,,elbow"-beams and diagonal beams, with plastered wickerwork in between (111. 51.). Its roof has no gable; it has large eaves; the rafters meet at 61°, and are covered with shingles. Kálmán Kiss, the keeper of the Calvinist Archives of County Szatmár stated, in 1378: ,,The church tries to imitate the exterior of neighbouring churches built in the time of King Matthias. Imitation features include the apse with half octogonal wall and the chancel arch dividing the sanctuary from the nave. On the south side, four narrow windows admit light

..." The door of the church with its great forged nails is also noteworthy. When thinking of Gothic art, visions of stone architecture arise, yet in many countsurvey and documentation for execution 69