Una missione archeologica nel VI secolo : Cosma ad Aduli

Author

Della Valle, Mauro

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

Italian

Book title

Milion, studi e ricerche d'arte bizantina : Costantinopoli e l'arte delle province orientali

Author (monograph)

De' Maffei, Fernanda (Editor, Collective Author); Barsanti, Claudia (Editor, Collective Author); Guiglia Guidobaldi, Alessandra (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Milion, studi e ricerche d'arte bizantina : Costantinopoli e l'arte delle province orientali. 1990, p. 343-367, 12 ill.

Publisher

Rari nantes, Roma (ita)

Publication country

Italy

Abstract (en)

Analyzes the depictions of a marble throne and a Greek stele in three manuscripts of Cosmas Indicopleustes's Christian topography (Vatican, Biblioteca vaticana, MS Vat. gr. 699; Florence, Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, MS plut. IX; Sinai, monastery of S. Catherine, Library, MS gr. 1186), all copies of a lost 6th c. prototype. Identifies the location of the monuments as the pre-Christian Axumite city of Aduli, where Cosmas was invited to record Greek inscriptions. Dates the stele to the 3d c. B.C. and the throne to the 1st-3d c. A.D.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- Ethiopia
• Cosmas Indicopleustes, act.547
• Manuscripts
• Christian topography || Cosmas Indicopleustes, act.547
• Vaticano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana||Roma (ITA)
• MS Vat. gr. 699 (Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian topography)
• Biblioteca medicea-laurenziana||Firenze (ITA)
• MS plut. IX (Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian topography)
• S. Kātārīn (monastery), library||Sinai (EGY)
• MS gr. 1186 (Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian topography)
• Manuscript illumination
• Thrones
• Ethiopia
• Adulis (ETH)
• Greek (language)
• Inscriptions
• Writings

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- Éthiopie
• Cosmas Indicopleustes, act.547
• Manuscrits
• Topographie chrétienne || Cosmas Indicopleustes, act.547
• Vaticano, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana||Roma (ITA)
• MS Vat. gr. 699 (Cosmas Indicopleuste, Topographie chrétienne)
• Biblioteca medicea-laurenziana||Firenze (ITA)
• S. Kātārīn (monastère), bibliothèque||Sinai (EGY)
• MS gr. 1186 (Cosmas Indicopleuste, Topographie chrétienne)
• Enluminure
• Trône
• Ethiopie
• Adulis (ETH)
• Grec (langue)
• Inscription
• Ecrits

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00420157

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