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The wall paintings from the monastery on Kom H in Dongola / Małgorzata Martens-Czarnecka ; English translation, Barbara Gostyńska.
Penn Museum Library ND2861.75.Z9 D86 2011 1 v. + 1 DVD
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martens-Czarnecka, Małgorzata.
- Series:
- Nubia (Series). Dongola ; 3.
- PAM monograph series (Uniwersytet Warszawski. Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej im. Kazimierza Michałowskiego) ; 3.
- Nubia ; III
- Dongola ; 3
- PAM monograph series ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Polish
- Subjects (All):
- Monasteries.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Mural painting and decoration.
- Dunqulah (Sudan)--Antiquities.
- Dunqulah (Sudan).
- Sudan--Antiquities.
- Sudan.
- Antiquities.
- Nubia--Antiquities.
- Nubia.
- Africa--Nubia.
- Sudan--Dunqulah.
- Mural painting and decoration--Sudan--Dunqulah.
- Mural painting and decoration--Nubia.
- Christian art and symbolism--Sudan--Dunqulah.
- Monasteries--Sudan--Dunqulah.
- Physical Description:
- 281 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm + 1 DVD.
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Warsaw : Warsaw University Press : Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, [2011]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The volume is a complete pubication of a set of 144 religious paintings from the 11th through the 13th-14th centuries discovered by Polish archaeologists in Dongola, the capital of the Christian Nubian kingdom of Makuria, which existed in the valley of the Middle Nile from the 6th through the 14th century. The murals come from the monastic enclosure on Kom H, from a church, but also from an ascetic monk's cell turned chapel, and two substantial architectural complexes of the Northwest and Southwest Annexes. The author discusses this religious painting assemblage in thematical order, presenting Biblical and apocryphal scenes taken from the Old and New Testament, representations of holy figures including archangels and saints, images of Nubian church and royal dignitaries, and figures of donors that also appeared among the murals. Finally, she deals with compositions, like the unique prothesis and coronation scenes, as well as individual ornamental motifs. The catalogue takes a topographical approach, describing the paintings in detail and illustrating each item as richly as possible. A selection of perspective views of individual buildings, rooms, and walls facilitates quick understanding of the painting decoration systems in the various monastery buildings and annexes, and gives grounds for evaluation of the state of preservation, artistic quality, and iconography of particular paintings.--page 4 of cover.
- Notes:
- "Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences."
- "Catalogue of wall paintings": pages 268-278.
- Title on DVD: The catalogue.
- Includes indexes.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-30).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9788323509233
- 8323509239
- OCLC:
- 841513715
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