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Dear John,
thanks, esp. for the info on available material. I would have thought that more of Ethiopian material survived, but this was a priori generalisation of the Coptic case.
Best,
George
G. Gereby
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Ancient and Mediaeval Philosophy Department, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest
recurrent associate professor
Medieval Studies Dept.
Central European University
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>>> John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> 09/05/06 12:48 AM >>>
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Monday, September 4, 2006, at 4:16 pm, Gyorgy Gereby wrote:
> don't you think that the early 19th c. frescoes are already reflecting
> strong European (Western) influence?
Of course I do. Paul's request was for an 'African' depiction of the
Trinity, which I took to specify a geographic or cultural location
without regared to whatever external traditions may have been at work.
> The Eastern and the Orthodox traditions generally decline to depict
> the Trinity, which can not be seen even by the angels (cf. the 15th
> homily of St John Chrysostom on John) if we do not count the
> 'Abraham, friend
> of God' ( = OT Trinity as angels) or the 'Elder of the Days'
> (Vision of Daniel) type of pictures (icons).
>
> I would think it would be VERY interesting if you could find anything
> similar to the frescoes you directed us before, let's say the 14th c.
Prior to the fifteenth century (when Western influences are said to make
their appearance), Ethiopian Christian art appears to have been entirely
Eastern-influenced. Which is only to be expected, given both Ethiopia's
geographic location and what's known about the history of Ethiopian
Christianity. Under these circumstances, and given also that virtually
no Christian painting from Ethiopia survives from before the thirteenth
century, it would indeed be very interesting if _anyone_ could find
something from the fourteenth century or earlier that would be similar
to the Debre Berhan Sellase wall paintings to which I pointed earlier
today.
Best again,
John Dillon
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