„Egy kőhajításnyira kollégiumunktól és templomunktól…” Néhai Csáki (VII.) István gyulafehérvári házáról (1649)
On the History of the Deceased Stephen (7th) Csáki’s House from Gyulafehérvár – Alba Iulia (1649)

Summary/Abstract: The present study is based on the minutes dating from 1649 refering to the assessment of a ruined house in Alba Iulia. The record makes it possible to reconstruct the topography of a signifi cant part of the erswhile fortifi ed town, as well as to identify the 16-17th century owners of the houses that once stood there. At the same time, this document depicts the procedure of the assessment of abandoned properties carried out in the capital of the principate. In the presence of the prefect of the princely goods in Transylvania, the abandoned house was estimated at 700 Hungarian forints. The estimation was based on the expertise carried out by Benedictus Mueck (court-mason of both princes George Rákóczi the 1st and the 2nd, active between 1638–1649), the head masters of the masons’ guild from Cluj: Matias Szilágyi (active between 1634–1649) and George Vég (active between 1618–1649), as well as Agostino Serena (born cca. 1610 – died 1654), the princes’ Venetian architect, who arrived in Transylvania not long before.

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