- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Coptic Ostraca from Hagr Edfu -
2 Imagining Macedonius, the First Bishop of Philae -
3 Apa Hadra (Hidra) in the Difnar -
4 Christianity on Philae -
5 The Indexing of Manuscripts of the Monastery of the Great Saint Pachomius in Edfu -
6 The Beginnings of Christianity in Nubia -
7 A Foreshadowing of the Desert Spirituality in Ancient Nubia and Upper Egypt -
8 Contested Frontiers: Southern Egypt and Northern Nubia, AD 300–1500 -
9 The Veneration of Saints in Aswan and Nubia -
10 Dayr al-Kubbaniya -
11 The Development of the Church at Dayr Anba Hadra -
12 An Updated Plan of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa -
13 The Christian Wall Paintings from the Temple of Isis at Aswan Revisited -
14 Monastic Life in Makuria -
15 Christian Aswan in the Modern Era and the History of Its Cathedral -
16 The Word and the Flesh -
17 The Ascension Scene in the Apse of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa -
18 The Nubian Marble Object Preserved in Dayr al-Suryan in Wadi al-Natrun -
19 The Digital 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Monastic Church, Qubbat al-Hawa -
20 Christian Objects in the Aswan and Nubia Museums -
21 Sources for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagr Edfu -
22 Christianity in Kom Ombo -
23 Identification of the Monastery of the Nubians in Wadi al-Natrun -
24 Monneret de Villard (1881–1954) and Nubia -
25 The Conservation of the Mural Paintings of St. Hatre Monastery - Abbreviations
- Bibliography
Monastic Life in Makuria
Monastic Life in Makuria
- Chapter:
- (p.157) 14 Monastic Life in Makuria
- Source:
- Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia
- Author(s):
Włodzimierz Godlewski
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
The Kingdom of Makuria comprised the river valley and adjoining territories between Aswan in the north and the Fifth Cataract on the Nile in the south. In the second half of the seventh century, the kingdom of Makuria was already a fully established state with an efficient administration and well-trained army, and with morale running high, fed effectively by the fettered Arab expansion. Makurian policy toward Constantinople in the early years of the second half of the sixth century had already laid the foundations for the organization of the Makurian church, presumably with a metropolitan in Dongola. There is no doubt that the Christianization of Makuria was inspired by the royal court.
Keywords: Monastic life, Makuria, Nubia, Aswan, Coptic, Wlodzimierz Godlewski
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- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 Coptic Ostraca from Hagr Edfu -
2 Imagining Macedonius, the First Bishop of Philae -
3 Apa Hadra (Hidra) in the Difnar -
4 Christianity on Philae -
5 The Indexing of Manuscripts of the Monastery of the Great Saint Pachomius in Edfu -
6 The Beginnings of Christianity in Nubia -
7 A Foreshadowing of the Desert Spirituality in Ancient Nubia and Upper Egypt -
8 Contested Frontiers: Southern Egypt and Northern Nubia, AD 300–1500 -
9 The Veneration of Saints in Aswan and Nubia -
10 Dayr al-Kubbaniya -
11 The Development of the Church at Dayr Anba Hadra -
12 An Updated Plan of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa -
13 The Christian Wall Paintings from the Temple of Isis at Aswan Revisited -
14 Monastic Life in Makuria -
15 Christian Aswan in the Modern Era and the History of Its Cathedral -
16 The Word and the Flesh -
17 The Ascension Scene in the Apse of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa -
18 The Nubian Marble Object Preserved in Dayr al-Suryan in Wadi al-Natrun -
19 The Digital 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Monastic Church, Qubbat al-Hawa -
20 Christian Objects in the Aswan and Nubia Museums -
21 Sources for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagr Edfu -
22 Christianity in Kom Ombo -
23 Identification of the Monastery of the Nubians in Wadi al-Natrun -
24 Monneret de Villard (1881–1954) and Nubia -
25 The Conservation of the Mural Paintings of St. Hatre Monastery - Abbreviations
- Bibliography