In search of Nubian master-builders: an architectural drawing from the Cathedral in Faras.
2016, 25, Vol. 25, Regular Issue
University of Warsaw, Faculty of History
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Archaeology
Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw
The Centre for Modern Thought, University of Aberdeen
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Abstract
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.
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