In search of Nubian master-builders: an architectural drawing from the Cathedral in Faras.

• Authors: Makowski, Piotr , van Gerven Oei, Vincent W. J

Abstracts

EN

A makeshift drawing from the Cathedral in Faras may be a depiction of the ground plan of a church. Nevertheless, the naive appearance of the sketch and an almost complete lack of sufficient parallels from either Nubia or the Eastern Mediterranean make a proper examination of this assumption unfeasible. A reassessment of the architectural drawing from the cathedral, however, draws a wider perspective for a discussion of originality in Nubian architecture. The following paper presents the rather modest evidence available for a study of the nature of Nubian architecture from the point of view of its builders.

Keywords

EN

Nubia; Faras/Pachoras; cathedral; architectural drawing; architectural practices; floor plan; originality; master-builders; architects; Old Nubian language; Nubian studies

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 25
• Pages: 809-832

Contributors

author

Makowski, Piotr

author

van Gerven Oei, Vincent W. J

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0010.3017