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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, north aisle, north wall; accompanying painting no. a106 (Apostles Peter and John)
Excavation no.
inv. no. a106 (painting); neg. no. Fa.63/4.0007
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234053
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
names of Sts Peter and John the Apostles serving as legend to their representation
Date
700–799
Notes
 
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
 
Text dimensions
i: H: 54; W: 55
ii: H: 60; W: 44
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
i: 1 horizontal + 2 vertical
ii: 1 horizontal + 3 vertical
Height of letters
 
Description
inscriptions painted around heads of the apostles John (i) and Peter (ii)
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
incomplete; ink obliterated in places
Date
700–799
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
National Museum, Warsaw: https://cyfrowe.mnw.art.pl/en/catalog/496369
Image
Image not available
Source
Jakobielski 1974, figs on p. 286
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 140, fig. on p. 139 (no. 15)
Other editions
Michałowski 1967, p. 112, pl. 30; Jakobielski 1974, pp. 283–4 (no. 4) + figs.; I. Faras Greek 77, fig. 69
Other publications
(selection) Michałowski 1974a, p. 105 (no. 11); Quecke 1975, p. 459; Jakobielski 1975a, p. 330; Gamber 1983, p. 23; Godlewski 1992, p. 300, fig. 30; Catalogue Vienna 2002, p. 67 (no. 2), fig. on p. 66; Catalogue Warsaw 2014, pp. 130–1, fig. on p. 165
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