SKÁLOVÁ, Zuzana

BSAC 30

Société d’Archéologie Copte, Le Caire | Cairo, 1991, p. 93-103

in situ in situ sans contexte archéologique without archaeological context

[1201, 1300]

construction et architecture building construction domaine artistique artistic sphere domaine sacré sacral sphere

meubles et fermetures furnitures and closures  icon icon  plaque, plaquette, tableau panel, tablet, frame 

figuier sycomore sycamore fig (lat. Ficus sycomorus L.)
palmier dattier date palm (lat. Phoenix dactylifera)

bois avec d'autres materiaux wood with other materials découpage, taillé cutting incrustation inlaying peinture painting planche board

• Frame for the icon made in 13th or early 14th century (according to L.-A. Hunt, Iconic and Aniconic..., 1987: 45) or 13th/14th century according to Monneret de Villard (Patricolo and Monneret de Villard 1922: 56, Fig. 11 and 57) (p. 94).
• Technique suggests local production in Egypt (not even Sinai) because of three strong half-round traverses protruding 6 cm on either side, used to back the panel (”rather cheap, careless, provincial method”), careless working of wood filled with plaster and covered on both sides with protective palm-bark (?) to form a flat ground for painting, planks fixed to traverses with large-headed handmade iron nails from the front. More technical details (p. 96, see Pl. III).
• Iconographic: wooden (?) straight-backed throne decorated with leaf motifs in black.

iconographie iconographical

lieux de pratiques religieuses
places of religious practices   église
church

Egypte Egypt			production
		Le Caire Cairo	consommation