title: Monuments of Ethiopian Church Architecture in the Geralta Region: Materials of Field Research in Autumn 2020 in the Tigray Region (Ethiopia)
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metadata.value: Klyuev, Sergey A.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Semenova, Valeria N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-08-10T21:20:08Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-08-10T21:20:08Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Klyuev S. A., Semenova V. N. Monuments of Ethiopian Church Architecture in the Geralta Region: Materials of Field Research in Autumn 2020 in the Tigray Region (Ethiopia). Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2023, vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 177–202. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2023.111 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2023.111
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/43732
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article, based on the results of field research in the fall of 2020, focuses on four churches in
  the mountainous Gärʽalta district in central Tǝgray. This strategically located most important role in the history of the Ethiopian state and region. There are many hard-to-reach rock-hewn
  churches that were centers of monastic activity. Gärʽalta’s many rock-hewn churches are well
  represented in the scientific literature. The focus of the work is three rock-hewn and one built
  churches, little studied in terms of analyzing their architectural plans and forms: Arbaʽǝtu
  Ǝnsǝsa (Mikaʼel) Gundo, Abunä Zärʼa Buruk, Kidanä Mǝḥrät Yaʽid, Maryam Pappasäyti. The
  article puts forward proposals on the typology of monuments, their dating; features characteristic
  of the architectural tradition of the historical period and, on the contrary, unique,
  inherent in the churches. Special attention is paid to the works of religious painting found
  in the interiors of these churches. Arbaʽǝtu Ǝnsǝsa (Mikaʼel) Gundo combines the features
  of two types of temples: traditional three-aisled basilicas and “open” plan basilicas. Abunä
  Zärʼa Buruk is an open plan temple. Kidanä Mǝḥrät Yaʽid characterizes the roughness of the
  forms, while retaining the common features of the three-nave plan. The temple at Pappasäyti
  continues to a certain extent the tradition of building church buildings in caves or in close
  association with rock formations. Additional relevance of the work is given by the fact that
  data collection in the course of field research immediately before the armed conflict in the
  northern Ethiopian region of Tǝgray started.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The study was carried out with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research
  within the framework of the scientific project No. 19-012-00299A.
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 15; Issue 1
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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: Garalta
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religious painting
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Monuments of Ethiopian Church Architecture in the Geralta Region: Materials of Field Research in Autumn 2020 in the Tigray Region (Ethiopia)
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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