“The Stove of the Archbishop.” Figural stove tiles from the Castle of Csábrág (Čabrad’)

It is only in recent years that the Castle of Csábrág (Čabrad' in present-day Slovakia) has come to be known in Slovak and Hungarian scholarly research.Archaeological excavations carried out since 2013 have brought to light a large number of finds: ceramic vessels, glass finds, carved stones, and various artefacts made of metal.Yet the greatest surprise was perhaps the 2015 discovery of figural stove tiles in the second gate tower.The vaults inside the tower must have been made around 1600 and may have only collapsed in the second half of the twentieth century.Their layer contained a large amount of nearly intact mixed-glaze stove tiles depicting various saints and other figural scenes.These pieces evoked a previously identified late medieval circle of workshops found in Northern Hungary, but significant differences can also be observed between the original pieces of the workshop and the items from Csábrág.