Őraljaboldogfalva középkori templomának 1400 körüli falképei

The Murals Dating Around 1400 from the Sântămărie-Orlea Calvinist Church

Szabó, Tekla

Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület

2017-05-29T13:36:46Z

2017-05-29T13:36:46Z

2015

2015

falkép

1400

Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet

királyszentek

pálos rend

mural painting

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

Holy Kings

Pauline Order

The present study is intended to provide a fresh analysis of the Gothic murals in the currently Protestant church of Sântămărie-Orlea. Th e church and especially its precious frescoes have raised the interest of many scholars, both Hungarian and Romanian scholars, but the poor state of conservation of the paintings allowed room for many diff erent interpretations. A new reading of these frescoes is proposed here, based on a series of historic copies, until recently unknown, which provide the grounds to clear up some misinterpretations. Nevertheless, a certain degree of incertitude will remain for as long as these valuable paintings, dated around 1400, are not restored. The wall-paintings are placed inside the frames formed beneath the vaults supporting the western gallery. Generally we can say that they represent saints important to the royal court. South of the entrance we can see St. Elizabeth of Hungary, the first woman beatifi ed from the Árpád Dynasty, who off ered a new model of piety. North to the entrance we have a hardly interpretable mural with standing saints. The middle one is supposedly representing a Holy King. Th e scene placed on the northern wall with the inscription OBIT PAUPER PAULUS seems to be an original composition, most probably connected with the Pauline order, very close to the royal court, whose important achievement was the transportation of the corpse of St. Paul of Thebes (the order’s protector) in 1381 to the monastery from the Buda hills.Th e determination of the style and of the time when this mural was painted is hampered by the actual state of conservation of the frescoes. There is no doubt about that the mural is part of the international Gothic style fresco circle with elements from Trecento, dated around 1400. Th e restoration of the murals will surely bring out new information and even show completely new valences of the Transylvanian Art.

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