Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789774163111
- eISBN:
- 9781617970481
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774163111.003.0020
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri's churches are best known for their wall paintings. Travelers since the seventeenth century have left their impressions and accounts in journals and publications. ...
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Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri's churches are best known for their wall paintings. Travelers since the seventeenth century have left their impressions and accounts in journals and publications. Dayr al-Shuhada, the Monastery of the Martyrs, is situated about five kilometers to the southwest of Esna. It is also called the Monastery of St. Ammonios and the Martyrs (Dayr Manawus wa Shuhada). While Dayr al-Fakhuri is situated about nine kilometers north of Esna, near the village of Asfun. The name “al-Fakhuri” (the potter) is obscure. The monastery is dedicated to St. Matthew the Poor. Both monastic churches contain an interesting, although incomplete, painting scheme. The quality of the remaining paintings and the iconographical detail presents good reason for conservation and fresh study.Less
Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri's churches are best known for their wall paintings. Travelers since the seventeenth century have left their impressions and accounts in journals and publications. Dayr al-Shuhada, the Monastery of the Martyrs, is situated about five kilometers to the southwest of Esna. It is also called the Monastery of St. Ammonios and the Martyrs (Dayr Manawus wa Shuhada). While Dayr al-Fakhuri is situated about nine kilometers north of Esna, near the village of Asfun. The name “al-Fakhuri” (the potter) is obscure. The monastery is dedicated to St. Matthew the Poor. Both monastic churches contain an interesting, although incomplete, painting scheme. The quality of the remaining paintings and the iconographical detail presents good reason for conservation and fresh study.
John Blair and Brian Golding (eds)
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198204404
- eISBN:
- 9780191676246
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198204404.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History
This book's chapters honour a distinguished scholar best known for her work on late medieval economy, demography, and estate management, and on the monastic community at Westminster. The uniting ...
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This book's chapters honour a distinguished scholar best known for her work on late medieval economy, demography, and estate management, and on the monastic community at Westminster. The uniting theme is the imprint of the church, especially the monastic church, upon society at large. The breadth of contributions range from the 8th to 16th centuries, with an emphasis on the later middle ages, looking at urban religion, monastic education, and the role of religious communities in stimulating economic growth. Westminster Abbey figures prominently, alongside chapters on the effects of the Dissolution on nunneries, the role of sanctuary in local communities, and on individuals such as Matthew Paris and Robert of Knaresborough whose lives reveal much about medieval England. In a worthy tribute to a great medievalist, the chapters show us a world where the influence of the cloister reached into almost every aspect of daily life.Less
This book's chapters honour a distinguished scholar best known for her work on late medieval economy, demography, and estate management, and on the monastic community at Westminster. The uniting theme is the imprint of the church, especially the monastic church, upon society at large. The breadth of contributions range from the 8th to 16th centuries, with an emphasis on the later middle ages, looking at urban religion, monastic education, and the role of religious communities in stimulating economic growth. Westminster Abbey figures prominently, alongside chapters on the effects of the Dissolution on nunneries, the role of sanctuary in local communities, and on individuals such as Matthew Paris and Robert of Knaresborough whose lives reveal much about medieval England. In a worthy tribute to a great medievalist, the chapters show us a world where the influence of the cloister reached into almost every aspect of daily life.
Carolyn L. Connor
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780190457624
- eISBN:
- 9780190457648
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190457624.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, History of Art: pre-history, BCE to 500CE, ancient and classical, Byzantine
While the cultural dominance of Constantinople helps explain the formal homogeneity and character of Byzantine art in the provinces of the empire, how is one to recover the paradigms for the Middle ...
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While the cultural dominance of Constantinople helps explain the formal homogeneity and character of Byzantine art in the provinces of the empire, how is one to recover the paradigms for the Middle Byzantine artistic repertoire? This chapter argues that particular lost churches of Constantinople most likely served as the models for mosaiced and frescoed churches in the capital and around the Byzantine Empire. The original mosaic decoration surviving in Hagia Sophia, along with descriptions of mosaics in lost buildings in the Imperial Palace and monastic churches in and around the city, helps consolidate the picture. In addition, textual sources also provide precious testimony on the connotations and associations of the medium of mosaic at this time.Less
While the cultural dominance of Constantinople helps explain the formal homogeneity and character of Byzantine art in the provinces of the empire, how is one to recover the paradigms for the Middle Byzantine artistic repertoire? This chapter argues that particular lost churches of Constantinople most likely served as the models for mosaiced and frescoed churches in the capital and around the Byzantine Empire. The original mosaic decoration surviving in Hagia Sophia, along with descriptions of mosaics in lost buildings in the Imperial Palace and monastic churches in and around the city, helps consolidate the picture. In addition, textual sources also provide precious testimony on the connotations and associations of the medium of mosaic at this time.
