Haris Andrea szerk.: Koldulórendi építészet a középkori Magyarországon Tanulmányok (Művészettörténet - műemlékvédelem 7. Országos Műemlékvédelmi Hivatal,)

Krcho János- Szekér György: Adalékok a kassai ferences templom középkori építéstörténetéhez

The Mediaeval Architectural History of the Franciscan Church of Kassa (Kosice) János Krcho - György Szekér The Franciscan monks arrived in Kassa (Kosice) at the end of the 14th century; the consecration of their church dates back to around 1405. In 1405 Dorottya Tornai Sáfár, the widow of Pál Perényi (Rihnói), already chose her last resting-place to be opposite of the Mary's Chapel of the Franciscan Monastery. The completed church had two naves, as verified from the radius of a surviving vault; this was, in fact, also evident from the plan of a reconstruction carried out in the 17th century. In the eastern part of the nave, in front of the chancel arch, there appears to have been a screen with one special feature, the incorporation of a chapel (chapels?) in the lower part on the side. The cross windows with straight lintel, uncovered in he southern and eastern nave walls, most probably formed part of a chapel, possibly the same Mary's Chapel that was mentioned in the widow's will. The two reliefs depicting the scenes of the Flagellation and the Crowning with Thorns, and occupying a secondary position next to the already known relief showing Calvary, were uncovered in the course of the excavation during 1980 and 1981 and are probably also related to the chancel-screen. The two-nave system of the Franciscan Church, which was completed by 1405, provides an important new element for the understanding of the architectural development around the year 1400: it offers the previously missing archetype for the aisles of the St. Elisabeth's Church of Kassa (Kosice) as well as for the two-naved churches found in Spis region of today's Slovakia. The lavish execution of the western portal was already produced in a subsequent period: it was probably made in the 1430s, as indicated by the evidence of the cathedral in our opinion, the same does not apply to the vault of the choir, in the case of which the advanced style and the method of composition suggest a date sometime after the 1480s. Illustrations 1. The remains of mediaeval pilasters of the nave in today's loft 2. The fragments of the mediaeval nave-vaulting survived in situ 3. The first plan showing the "old foundation walls". OL. W. 594. Rb. 48/1. 4. The second plan showing the changes. OL. W. 594. Rb. 48/2. 5. The reconstructed plan of the mediaeval Franciscan Church with the double-nave and a conjectural chancel-screen (Tegend: a - in situ; b - reconstruction; c - hypothesis) 6. The reconstructed southern facade of the mediaeval Franciscan Church (Legend: as above) 7. The reconstructed western facade of the mediaeval Franciscan Church (Legend: as above) 8. The western portal before investigation 9. The western portal after investigation 10. Reliefs of the western portal 11. Crucifixion