Medieval History
József Lángi - Zsombor Jékely: Falfestészeti emlékek a középkori Magyarország északkeleti megyéib?l. Budapest: Teleki László Foundation, 2009. 459 pp. ISBN 978-963-7081-170
- New Books On Hungarian Medieval Art
As this blog is aimed for an international audience, I generally only write reviews of books published in English or other western languages. However, in this post I would like to call attention to a few books published mostly in Hungarian...
- The Route Of Medieval Churches
Baktalórántháza Fresco of ChristTwo years ago, I already reported on the Route of Medieval Churches project, which focuses on medieval monuments in North-Eastern Hungary, and neighbouring regions of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, which now lie in...
- The Earliest Copies Of Hungarian Medieval Wall-paintings
Máramarossziget detail of the St. Catherine legend (copy) In 1844, during repairs after a minor earthquake, medieval wall-paintings were uncovered in the Calvinist church of Máramarossziget (at that time the capital of Máramaros County, today Sighetu...
- Conference On Medieval Ecclesiastical Architecture In Transylvania
The monastery church of Ákos (Acâ?),the most important Romanesque monument of Szatmár CountyThis coming weekend, on October 8-10, 2010, an international conference will be dedicated to medieval ecclesiastical architecture in Transylvania. Jointly...
- New Books On Medieval Archaeology
Given the tumultuous history of Hungary, archaeology plays a major role in interpreting the medieval heritage of the Kingdom (see my previous post on this). Excavations in this field yielded spectacular results, much of which is now summarized...
Medieval History
New research on medieval wall-painting
The number of medieval wall-paintings known from the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary has greatly increased. In Transylvania, a complex program of inventorization uncovered numerous monuments, many of which had been fully uncovered and restored during the last decade. In the north-eastern part of the Kingdom (which is now split between Slovakia, the Ukraine, Hungary and Romania) similarly a number of exceptional find have been made, and many key monuments have been fully restored. Thanks to these discoveries, in these regions we can better appreciate the regional characteristics of medieval wall-painting - thus several local workshops have been identified, and the chronology of many works has been clarified.
I had the pleasure of contributing to two large volumes presenting these discoveries. In both cases, I worked together with restorers. Both volumes were edited by Tibor Kollár, and photographed by Attila Mudrák. The first volume, published in 2008, was written together with Loránd Kiss, and it presents two dozen monuments from Transylvania. The second volume, published last year and written together with József Lángi, focuses on North-Eastern Hungary. The volume also includes an introductory study by Ern? Marosi.
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Loránd Kiss - Zsombor Jékely: Középkori falképek Erdélyben. Ed. Tibor Kollár. Budapest, Teleki László Foundation, 2008. 363 pages, ISBN 978-963-7081-14-9
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József Lángi - Zsombor Jékely: Falfestészeti emlékek a középkori Magyarország északkeleti megyéib?l. Budapest: Teleki László Foundation, 2009. 459 pp. ISBN 978-963-7081-170
As new discoveries are still being made (these days especially in the former Saxon towns of Transylvania), we hope to continue the series in the near future.
Clicking on this picture will take you to a Picasa album with a few photos of medieval wall paintings in Transylvania (most of which are included in the first book).
Clicking on this picture will take you to a Picasa album with a few photos of medieval wall paintings in Transylvania (most of which are included in the first book).
- New Books On Hungarian Medieval Art
As this blog is aimed for an international audience, I generally only write reviews of books published in English or other western languages. However, in this post I would like to call attention to a few books published mostly in Hungarian...
- The Route Of Medieval Churches
Baktalórántháza Fresco of ChristTwo years ago, I already reported on the Route of Medieval Churches project, which focuses on medieval monuments in North-Eastern Hungary, and neighbouring regions of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, which now lie in...
- The Earliest Copies Of Hungarian Medieval Wall-paintings
Máramarossziget detail of the St. Catherine legend (copy) In 1844, during repairs after a minor earthquake, medieval wall-paintings were uncovered in the Calvinist church of Máramarossziget (at that time the capital of Máramaros County, today Sighetu...
- Conference On Medieval Ecclesiastical Architecture In Transylvania
The monastery church of Ákos (Acâ?),the most important Romanesque monument of Szatmár CountyThis coming weekend, on October 8-10, 2010, an international conference will be dedicated to medieval ecclesiastical architecture in Transylvania. Jointly...
- New Books On Medieval Archaeology
Given the tumultuous history of Hungary, archaeology plays a major role in interpreting the medieval heritage of the Kingdom (see my previous post on this). Excavations in this field yielded spectacular results, much of which is now summarized...