Opis
Publikacja dokumentuje relikty malowideł z wczesnochrześcijańskiej katedry odkrytej w Faras przez ekipę polskich archeologów pod kierunkiem prof. Kazimierza Michałowskiego w latach 1961–1964 w związku z budową tamy asuańskiej. Dla każdego malowidła podane są dane metryczne, lokalizacja oraz stan zachowania. Katalog jest bogato ilustrowany fotografiami malowideł przed zdjęciem ich ze ścian oraz po konserwacji, załączono też tabelę wszystkich ornamentów i wzorów zarejestrowanych na malowidłach, a także tablice konkordancji oraz indeks. The publication documents the relics of the wall paintings from the Early Christian cathedral discovered in Faras by the team of Polish archeologists led by Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski in 1961–1964 in connection with building the Aswan Dam. For each painting, metric data, location and state of preservation are provided. The catalogue is richly illustrated with the photographs of paintings before they were taken off the walls and after conservation, and a table of all the ornaments and patterns depicted in the paintings as well as concordance tables and index. Spis treściForewords 7 Acknowledgments Stefan Jakobielski 11 Introduction Stefan Jakobielski 15 Site and excavations 18 Saving the wall paintings 20 Chapt er 1. Architectural setting Stefan Jakobielski 23 Chapt er 2. Chronology of the wall paintings Stefan Jakobielski 27 Phasing of the murals 27 The first murals 27 The “new” cathedral of Petros 31 N ew painting after the remodelling of the naos (third plaster coat) 33 Last renovation 35 I nscriptions as chronological indicators 37 Protection scenes 38 O ther chronological indicators 39 Summing up 39 Chapt er 3. Nature and manner of the wall painting Małgorzata Martens-Czarnecka 43 Original décor 44 Second group of paintings 45 I ntermediary period 46 First renovation – second plaster coat (early 10th century): Nubian painting 47 Second renovation – third plaster coat (second half of 10th century): classical Nubian painting 48 R obes, ornaments and colouring in the classical phase 49 Facial features in the classical phase 50 Late phase 50 Terminal phase of Christian art in Nubia (second half of 13th–14th century) 51 Locating in time and space (block of useful data) 53 List of Bishops of Pachoras – a timeframe 54 Wall paintings listed by Catalogue Numbers 56 Timeline (foldout) 56 Wall paintings by subjects/themes (index) 59 Paintings on the walls (location) 65 O rnaments: motifs, patterns and pattern repeats by phases 82 Glossary of dress terms 98 Comparative sets of portraits of bishops of Pachoras, kings and Nubian dignitaries 100 Catalogue 105 Bibliography 459 Concordance of wall painting numbers 471