title: The Results of New Research in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia: Three Rock-hewn Churches of Kola Tembien as Historical Sources
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metadata.value: Klyuev, Sergey A.
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metadata.value: Semenova, Valeria N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-08-25T11:49:30Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-08-25T11:49:30Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.value: Klyuev S. A., Semenova V. N. The Results of New Research in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia: Three Rock-hewn Churches of Kola Tembien as Historical Sources. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, pp. 161–186.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2021.203
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32942
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metadata.value: The article is devoted to the results of research focused on three rock-hewn churches, which
  are not well-represented in literature, in Kola Tembien of the Tigray region in Ethiopia. Fieldwork
  was carried out with the financial support of the Russian foundation for Basic Research.
  Trips to the site were conducted in the autumn of 2019 and 2020. The problems of dating and
  typology is the focus of this research. In the article, three churches are described — Mikaʼel
  ʽAddi Kawa, Abunä Fäqadä Amlak in ʽAdi Śərä and Maryam Degol Chako. Special reference
  is made to the architectural ties of these three monuments with others of the region in order
  to reveal the possible mutual influence of architectural constructions and some decorative
  elements. Information on these churches has not been published since the time of cooperative
  research by Ruth Plant and David Buxton in the 1970s. Particular attention in the article
  is paid to the churches Abunä Fäqadä Amlak inʽAdi Śərä and Maryam Degol Chako as they
  have very rich paintings on canvas dating from the middle of the XX century. These paintings
  are valuable not only as art objects of Christian Ethiopia, but also as important sources of the
  cultural and political history of Tigray. Unfortunately, the preservation of these paintings in
  the studied churches raises concerns. The article presents new authentic material on the described
  churches. Photographs of the interiors are published for the first time. In addition, on
  the basis of the iconographic and architectural analysis, a number of hypotheses by the author
  are presented for further discussion and verification. It is worth noting the possibility of reconstructing
  the previous basilica rock-hewn churches into centric structures by building the
  interior the walls.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 13; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: rock-hewn churches
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Christian architecture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Christian East
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ethiopia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Tigray
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Tigre
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Tәgray
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: East Africa
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: monumental painting
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Results of New Research in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia: Three Rock-hewn Churches of Kola Tembien as Historical Sources
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metadata.value: Article
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