Medieval Wall Paintings in Transylvanian Orthodox Churches: Iconographic Subjects in Historical Context

Table of contents

Introduction 

1. The social, political and religious life of the Romanians in Late Medieval Hungary 

1.1. The Romanian Elite in Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-Century Hungary: Social and Political Aspects 

1.2. Church History 

1.2.1. The Latin Church and the Romanians 

1.2.2. The Orthodox Church and the Romanians 

2. Historical data on the researched churches and their donors 

3. Lay portraits and inscriptions 

3.1. Ribița 

3.2. Crișcior 

3.3. Streisângeorgiu 

3.4. Leșnic 

3.5. Densuș 

3.6. Hălmagiu 

3.7. Strei 

3.8. Sântămăria Orlea 

3.9. Conclusion 

4. The military saints 

5. The Holy kings of Hungary 

6. The exaltation of the Holy Cross 

6.1. Description of the Paintings in the Churches at Ribița and Crișcior 

6.2. Saints Constantine and Helena, the Exaltation, and the Finding of the Holy Cross in the Byzantine Tradition 

6.3. Constantine, Helena, and the Legend of the Holy Cross in the West 

6.4. Constantine, Helena, and the Legend of the Holy Cross in Wall Paintings in Medieval Hungary

6.5. Interpreting the Paintings at Ribița and Crișcior 

7. Orthodoxy of faith, the Greek rite and the Latin church in the paintings at Hălmagiu and Ribița 

8. Saints Bartholomew and Thomas in the churches at Hălmagiu and Densuș

Conclusion 

Catalog of churches 

Crișcior (Hunedoara County) 

Densuș (Hunedoara County) 

Hălmagiu (Arad County) 

Leșnic (Hunedoara County) 

Ribița (Hunedoara County) 

Sântămăria Orlea (Hunedoara County) 

Strei (Hunedoara County) 

Streisângeorgiu (Hunedoara County) 

Abbreviations 

Bibliography 

Map 

Index 

Illustrations

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