Leletek Székesfehérvár középkori Szent Péter-plébániatemplomából

Abstract

Archaeological excavations in 2014–2016 carried on outside the western front and in the western towers of St Stephen’s cathedral of Székesfehérvár built in the 18th century in baroque style using the remains of the mediaeval parish church as well as wall research related to the restoration of the western facade of the church have brought to light several important finds for art history. They include mediaeval tombstones, tomb lid fragments and under the floor of the northern tower details of the base strip of a gothic wall painting. The most important find is a tomb lid surviving in its entirety but crushed to pieces by the weight of the collapsing vault. The unfinished — uninscribed — stone slab placed over the grave was carved of red marble around 1415–1420, but the coat of arms represented on it cannot be associated with any person or family so far. It appears to be connected to the beginnings of the Buda workshop — and this connection particularly enhances its value — whose sculptor-entrepreneur owner was nicknamed by research, out of necessity, the Master of the Stibor tombs.