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Provenance
Faras
Region
Nobadia
Findspot
cathedral, south end of south vestibule, west wall; accompanying painting no. 109 (John Chrysostom)
Excavation no.
inv. no. 109 (painting); neg. no. Fa.63/4.0004
Present location
National Museum, Warsaw
Museum no.
234055
Medium
wall
Technique
painted (dipinto)
Type of text
legend
Language
Greek
Content
name of St John Chrysostom serving as legend to his representation
Date
circa 866–circa 870
Notes
the same hand as in DBMNT 1817
Material
plaster
Object dimensions
H: c. 94.5; W: 55
Text dimensions
H: 27; W: 42
Object colour
 
Text colour
black
Lines
1 horizontal + 2 vertical
Height of letters
 
Description
inscription painted around the head of the saint
Decorative elements
 
State of preservation
complete
Date
circa 866–circa 870
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/496371
Image
Image not available
Source
Jakobielski 1974, fig. on p. 288
Image
Image not available
Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 195, figs. on pp. 194–5 (no. 46)
Other editions
Michałowski 1967, p. 119; Jakobielski 1974, p. 286 (no. 11) + fig.; I. Faras Greek 78, fig. 70
Other publications
(selection) Michałowski 1966a, pl. 7.1; Michałowski 1974a, p. 143 (no. 20), fig. on p. 142; Gamber 1983, p. 25; Werner 1995, p. 290 and n. 57; Catalogue Vienna 2002, pp. 77–9 (no. 11), fig. on p. 78; Vantini 2009, pl. between pp. 128–9; Catalogue Warsaw 2014, pp. 148–9 (with fig.)
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