Towards a Comparative Framework for Research on the Long Cycle in Ethiopic Gospels: Some Preliminary Observations

Towards a Comparative Framework for Research on the Long Cycle in Ethiopic Gospels: Some Preliminary Observations

This article argues that it is possible to improve our understanding of Ethiopian manuscript illumination of the early Solomonic period by adopting a systematic comparative approach. It does so by presenting a case study which analyses and compares the iconography of two examples of the long cycle d...

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Main Author: Jacopo Gnisci
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-Institut Alsterterrasse 1 D-20354 Hamburg Germany 2018-03-01
Series:Aethiopica
Subjects:
Ethiopian Art
iconography
manuscript illumination
Bible
Solomonic
Online Access:https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/972
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spelling doaj-52501016f67d40d8a85e8ca38d21b7892020-12-02T18:45:30ZdeuUniversität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-Institut Alsterterrasse 1 D-20354 Hamburg GermanyAethiopica 1430-19382194-40242018-03-0120110.15460/aethiopica.20.1.972Towards a Comparative Framework for Research on the Long Cycle in Ethiopic Gospels: Some Preliminary ObservationsJacopo Gnisci0The Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History, University of Texas at DallasThis article argues that it is possible to improve our understanding of Ethiopian manuscript illumination of the early Solomonic period by adopting a systematic comparative approach. It does so by presenting a case study which analyses and compares the iconography of two examples of the long cycle dating to the second half of the fourteenth century. This comparison shows how technical skills and artistic choices contributed to the shaping of Ethiopian manuscript illumination, and in doing so it sheds some light on the artistic practices of early Solomonic illuminators.https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/972Ethiopian Articonographymanuscript illuminationBibleSolomonic
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author Jacopo Gnisci
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Towards a Comparative Framework for Research on the Long Cycle in Ethiopic Gospels: Some Preliminary Observations
Aethiopica
Ethiopian Art
iconography
manuscript illumination
Bible
Solomonic
author_facet Jacopo Gnisci
author_sort Jacopo Gnisci
title Towards a Comparative Framework for Research on the Long Cycle in Ethiopic Gospels: Some Preliminary Observations
title_short Towards a Comparative Framework for Research on the Long Cycle in Ethiopic Gospels: Some Preliminary Observations
title_full Towards a Comparative Framework for Research on the Long Cycle in Ethiopic Gospels: Some Preliminary Observations
title_fullStr Towards a Comparative Framework for Research on the Long Cycle in Ethiopic Gospels: Some Preliminary Observations
title_full_unstemmed Towards a Comparative Framework for Research on the Long Cycle in Ethiopic Gospels: Some Preliminary Observations
title_sort towards a comparative framework for research on the long cycle in ethiopic gospels: some preliminary observations
publisher Universität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-Institut Alsterterrasse 1 D-20354 Hamburg Germany
series Aethiopica
issn 1430-1938
2194-4024
publishDate 2018-03-01
description This article argues that it is possible to improve our understanding of Ethiopian manuscript illumination of the early Solomonic period by adopting a systematic comparative approach. It does so by presenting a case study which analyses and compares the iconography of two examples of the long cycle dating to the second half of the fourteenth century. This comparison shows how technical skills and artistic choices contributed to the shaping of Ethiopian manuscript illumination, and in doing so it sheds some light on the artistic practices of early Solomonic illuminators.
topic Ethiopian Art
iconography
manuscript illumination
Bible
Solomonic
url https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/972
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