H. Kolba Judit szerk.: Historical Exhibition of the Hungarian National Museum Guide 2 - From the Foundation of the State until the Expulsion of the Ottomans - The history of Hungary in the 11th to 17th centuries (Budapest, 2005)

ROOM 4 - Villages and Towns in the Second Half of the 15th century and at the Beginning of the 16th century (Piroska Biczó )31

31. Pair of silver-gilt altar cruets, Nagyvárad (Oradea) Cathedral, c. 1500 pearance up until the present day. From the 1470s onwards new trends appear in altar art as well. In the place of the earlier altars of modest dimensions, altars of great dimensions on southern German models, giving an illusion of space and blurring the sharp borders between woodcarving and panel-painting, were constructed. The winged altar in the Church of St. Jacob, Lőcse (Levoca), the work of Master Paul, is an example of early 16th century altar art in Hungary which used sculptural elements in a profuse manner. The stramm of town burghers employed in the import trade consisted for the most part of foreigners of German origin; they comprised the wealthiest stratum in Buda and in the border-towns. At the same time, in