Thesaurus Mediævalis
Forms and Ornaments of the Hungarian Medieval Architecture
Objective of the program:
Objective of the program
- to make a systematic documentation (description, photo, survey drawing) of the medieval architectural and sculptural heritage of Hungary (standing buildings, ruins, archaeological finds, fragments)
- to apply a special descriptive method for structural units sculptural and ornamental forms
- to create a unified catalogue (Thesaurus)
- to make it public (in shorter content by on line surface quickly as soon as possible; in monographic complexity by series of printed volumes)
- to re-establish the Hungarian research (school) of Medieval architecture (focused mainly to the young scholar generation)
- to make a systematic documentation (description, photo, survey drawing) of the medieval architectural and sculptural heritage of Hungary (standing buildings, ruins, archaeological finds, fragments)
- to apply a special descriptive method for structural units sculptural and ornamental forms
- to create a unified catalogue (Thesaurus)
- to make it public (in shorter content by on line surface quickly as soon as possible; in monographic complexity by series of printed volumes)
to re-establish the Hungarian research (school) of Medieval architecture (focused mainly to the young scholar generation)
The project won the support of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) for 5 years (starting: second half of 2017) and it is located to the ELTE University. From this support scholars (art historians, archaeologists, architects) work on fragments of five medieval locations (Pilis, Cistercian abbey; Esztergom medieval cathedral and royal palace, Zalavár, Benedictine abbey, Pannonhalma, Benedictine abbey, Pécs, cathedral). These locations can be found a huge number of unpublished medieval stone carvings from the early 11th to beginning of the 16th century without which the assessment of the region’s art history is almost impossible. We would also like to extend the program to the sculptural decoration of existing buildings, and we are working to make it international.
The project won the support of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) for 5 years (starting: second half of 2017) and it is located to the ELTE University. From this support scholars (art historians, archaeologists, architects) work on fragments of five medieval locations (Pilis, Cistercian abbey; Esztergom medieval cathedral and royal palace, Zalavár, Benedictine abbey, Pannonhalma, Benedictine abbey, Pécs, cathedral). These locations can be found a huge number of unpublished medieval stone carvings from the early 11th to beginning of the 16th century without which the assessment of the region’s art history is almost impossible. We would also like to extend the program to the sculptural decoration of existing buildings, and we are working to make it international.
