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108 Petre Beşliu Munteanu Johannes Lulay who set his own coat of arms over the main entrance, prove the noble Lady’s contribution to the establishing of the Townhall building. The first stage of the erection of the building, probably between 1475 (the year of Thomas Altemberger’s marriage to Affra) and 1491, the year of his death, included the erection of older structures: the gate tower and the abutting enclosure wall, and a masonry structure, later probably turned into a latrine. The assumed latrine was dug out starting from a structure from plastered stones, bearing burn traces. A niche in the stone wall placed in an odd position illustrates an initial usage difficult to conjecture today. The assumption of the prior existence of a mint cannot be demonstrated through direct evidence, even if the city mayors had also the ministry of Tenant of the Mint. The metal analysis proved that the slag found in the courtyard and around the circular structure did not contain the alloy used in manufacturing the coins issued in Sibiu. The archaeological research showed that the residence tower, believed by many art historians to be the oldest part of the building (the so-called “Lullay corpus”) –the wall descending towards the lower terrace, abutting the back garden), and the walls from the south-east and south-west bodies have a type of foundation made of brick arcs supported stone posts. The masonry structure mentioned above is placed in the part of the house where the founders’ coats of arms are found. The hypothesis of a single construction project that included as symbolic elements the older defensive wall (unused at that time) along with the new one, and a symbolic residence tower, is supported by the data on the terrain. In the area of the tower pertaining to the defensive enclosure was, we assume, started the building of the massive body that was later converted into The Council Room. The so- called “connecting-body” was erected up to the roof of the first floor on a segment abutting the residence tower and followed to the north by the stone foundation (archaeologically unveiled) and by the loggia, that bears the coat of arms of Altemberger (further evolved as a result of his new ministry as Royal Judge) and the console-bust of magister civium. The courtyard was enclosed to the south-west and to the south-east by massive walls, supported by brick arc-like structures. The spaces near the residence tower were arranged for the horses. We can thus explain the massive layer of plant remains found there. In the Altemberger period the accent lay on the residence tower with entrances guarded by enframed decorations in relief with elaborate sculptures, with a bow window and a fireplace. Because the coat of arms of Lulay was placed in initial spot, we assume that the upper floor of the body to the side of the lower-city was finished by the famous Comit of Sibiu. From now on the most important part of the building moves to the north, where a large, representative welcoming space is built, with a fastidious entrance- as a result of its size an
Primăria Veche din Sibiu - casa, oamenii, muzeul 109 the details on the framed decorations. The passage of the building’s architectural style left traces on the interior as well. A door pane was engraved with a scene having Hercules with a club in the close-up image, a representation reminding us of the last owner of the building, the royal Comit, Marcus Pemfflinger, famous army general, who preferred to spend his fortune to equip his army rather than maintaining his house. In fact, we can accept the hypothesis of the finishing of the residence ensemble along with the one with representative functions during the Lulay period can be endorsed until new information arise. We can thus wonder what the interior space was meant for. The first floor of the tower and of the segment behind it to the north were certainly used as housing spaces, as they were heated by two fireplaces: a large one in the residence tower and a smaller one placed in an adjoining room. Beginning with the 18 th century we have documentary information of the heating using a terracotta tiled stove, of the large room on the first floor, the Landtagsaal. On the ground floor the spaces were meant for domestic activities. The noblemen kept their horses on the ground floors of all towers in the city. It would have been only natural that Thomas Altemberger has done the same. Behind the tower was a small chamber that still retains a large diameter chimney place. In this case the assumption of the existence of a place for cooking food, or baking bread, is quite at hand. To the north there is a large chamber with windows opening towards the lower city that used to be directly linked through other spaces to the leisure garden, to the cellar and the assumed latrine. We presume that this was a socializing space. The house had a large cellar and an attic with a skylight window. The proposed partition of the spaces in the house is intricate only at first glance, as in the last quarter of the 15 th century the aristocracy in Sibiu becomes emancipated in contact with the new cultural values promoted in Western Europe. In this context, the arranging of a latrine with access directly from the inside of the house is a plausible reality. We are however less interested whether the latrine was built by Thomas Altemberger or Johannes Lulay. The technique used for building a brick enclosure that starts in the basement of a house, and deepening further 8.5 metres, using discharge arcs built in the structure of the brick walls, is quite impressive. The latrine booth was ventilated through an opening in the wall up to the roof. After the year 1545 the building was turned into residence of the City Magistrate, the county, and sometimes of the Saxon University. The old housing building needed to suit its new functions: hosting the magistrate’s meetings, the trials, the archive and the prisoners. There were also, at least in the 19 th century (when they were first recorded in the documents), offices for the civil servants. The building was extended during the 16 th century towards the
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