F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1992/2. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1992)

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decree from the Sigismund period describes the royal chapel to have stood attached to it on the south side. All this, with the exception of the two higher stone buildings, was demolished at the end of the 14th century. The demolishing layer is dated by Angevines glazed tiles, Louis I. Saracen denars, fake Mary denars and Sigismund parvi. There is no doubt to it, that the demolishing happened in connection with the big 14th century reconstruction of the castle at the end of the 14th century. The newly built palace had three terraces. The central courtyard on the upper level was surrounded by living quarters and a kitchen. On one level lower there was a metal workshop with one large chimney, probably a mint originally as well as later under Wladislaw I, when it served for forging money. The workshop was connected by a corridor to the tower on the first terrace, which would have been the treasury. The south palace was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century, in connection with other reconstructions during the late Matthias Corvinus period. The ground plans were altered, some of the ceilings, jambs and staircases changed. In front of the palace there was disclosed a large foundation from the Matthias Corvinus period which proved to have served the elevation of a 'bellvedere'. The south palace was always, in the Sigismund as well as in the Matthias Corvinus period, a much more modest building than any of those in the north. It may have housed the superior of the palace, the chamber and the mint. It was ruined together with the whole architectural complex during the Turkish occupation beginning in 1544. Judit TAMÁSI: Bátori Manor-house — Bátori Castle. Preliminary Report on the Excavations in 1992 at the Historic Granary in Nyírbátor Owning to written sources it has for some time been assumed, that the Bátori family had several manorhouses (curiae) in the market town Nyírbátor, the centre of their estates, even before the castle was built about 1500. We, however, up to now definitely refused the presumption of historians — i.e., that one of these manorhouses may have stood on the subsequent site of the castle — on the basis that finds in the castle area could not be dated prior to the end of the 15th century. We had to change our wiev in the summer of 1992, when remains of a dwelling-house, built of non-solid material, were dis closed in the vicinity of the Northern Palace of the castle — the later granary — we managed to discover. In an abundance of other finds a considerable amount of glazed Gothic stove-tiles were also found. Because of the stratigraphie evidence of this object being older than the castle itself, and of the experience, that richly ornamented tiled stoves like these were unknow in peasants' houses of the time, we identified the remains as one of the manor-houses of the Bátoris predating the castle, that is from before the centuries. This identification seems to be supported also by a deal concluded by some members of the family in 1364 mentioning freely transportable dwelling-houses. We intend to clarify the function of the ditch No. 9. erected on the northern edge of the manor-house perhaps a bit later than the house itself in the next excavation season, when the dwelling-house should also be excarated completely. Andrea HARIS: Question-marks about the Architectural History of the "Corvin House" in Pápa The "Corvin House" is considered to be the most important house of the town. Its name goes back to the 19th century when the red marble coat of arms on its main façade was, falsely, identified as that of King Matthias Corvinus. In fact, it is the family emblem of Balázs Ráskai, court jury, later treasurer of the king. The thin stone slab was originally planned for some other place, but there is written evidence to the fact that in 1735 it was already in its present position. Though the building was generally thought to have been dating from Renaissance times, its archaeological survey during 1984—1985 made this a doubtful view. Sometime in the late Middle Ages there was a one storey high building built over an L shaped ground plan. The gateway was vaulted at a later date, this is when the six supporting consols were also placed in position. They are not quite identical; two of them are decorated