The article analyses the source information value of the catalogue of visitation protocols of Esztergom archdiocese and compares the data from the catalogue with the original texts of visitation protocols. The authors of catalogue visited 822 parishes and elaborated 1088 original visitation protocols, which are stored in the Primatial archive in Esztergom (Prímási Levéltár Esztergom). In regard to the extraordinary large content of the visitation protocols the authors worked out a transparent catalogue, which is an important archival tool because it helps the processing the protocols. Catalogue contains the different data, f.e. the name of the parish, the church's patrocinium and other supplementary pieces of information on churches or chapels in the parishes and their filial churches. The catalogue describes the important sacral buildings, but some of the buildings are not mention at all and some – especially in regard to the details – are described inaccurately (even in the original protocols). The author of the article highlights the usefulness of this catalogue as the possible secondary source of information, but also the need to work with original visitation protocols and other archival sources. Data were added sequentially into the catalogue until the end of the 18th century, but some notes were added until the middle of the 20th century.
The author discusses the existence and dating of the Krupina town’s seals and the motivations for accepting the seal symbol (later the coat of arms as well) of the Lamb of God of Krupina, whereas based on the analogies of towns in Hungary or abroad he contemplates the influence of the paradigm of medieval society and its focus on eternal life that leads to the Kingdom of heaven to the Savior, Jesus Christ. The author points to the possible connection of the symbol with the church dedication of the main parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He also deals with the view of older literature, which derived its acceptance into the seals of the town from the coins of Hungarian rulers who were associated with the origins of the town of Krupina. Jesus Christ (symbolically depicted as the Lamb of God) is an attribute of the Virgin Mary in Christian iconography and was constantly depicted together with the mother, Virgin Mary, similarly to the fashion it was implemented in Krupina. At the same time, the Lamb was a symbol of the heavenly Jerusalem, a perfect city, which was a model and ideal of the earthly city, and thus of the community of the Krupina townspeople. The authority of the Savior is thus symbolically linked to the authority of the king and also to the authority of the burghers, as well as to the legal force of the documents they issued. This could have been one of the motivations of the Krupina townspeople to adopt this symbol into the seals of the town. At the same time, it is possible to assume an increase in the influence of rectors of the main parish church in the town, who probably performed the duties of the first notaries of the town of Krupina.
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