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Twardecki, Alfred: Greek Christian Inscriptions in the Collections of the national Museum in Warsaw
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Alfred Twardecki
Greek Christian Inscriptions
in the Collections
of the National Museum
in Warsaw
The collection of Greek Christian inscriptions in the National Museum in
Warsaw numbers 29 objects; a great majority of it is in the Early-Christian Art
Collection (only two of them belong to the Ancient Art Collection).' No
doubt it is the greatest collection of this kind in Poland. The inscriptions can
be divided in two categories. Texts gained during Polish excavations executed
in Faras (cat. no. 101-107) and in Old Dongola (cat. no. 109-113) should be
numbered into the first category, whereas the second one includes inscriptions
which formerly belonged to the collection of Lyceum Hosianum in Braniewo
(Braunsberg; cat. no. 7-12; 25; 26; 28; 94-100; 108). The first group altogether
with the monuments of Christian paintings from Faras constitutes one of the
most interesting complexes of that kind in Europę. It is very well documented
and has been displayed on many different occasions. The second group of
inscriptions is much less known, apart from a limited circle of specialists,
although not less interesting. Therefore, in this paper I would like to take the
opportunity to present all inscriptions of the second group together to the
wide circle of readers.
Inscriptions cat. no. 7-12 were found at the beginning of the 20thcentury
in Constantinople during the excavations in the ąuarter of Pera (north of
the Golden Horn). In antiąuity there was a necropolis from which many of
sepulchral inscriptions were preserved, such as the ones we are dealing with
in the above mentioned collection, which constitutes a good example of
typical Christian sepulchral inscriptions of 6th-7th centuries for this area.
Together with a number of other similar inscriptions it is good auxiliary
materiał in research on not only Christian sepulchral customs, but also (to
1 All the Greek inscriptions in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw were studied
in A. Łajtar, A. Twardecki, Catalogue des Inscriptions Grecąues du Musee National de Varsovie,
(in print). For a better clarity of the present paper I keep the numbering applied in the above
mentioned catalogue. Morę detailed bibliographical data are to be found in the catalogue as
well. Christian inscriptions in the catalogue were studied by Adam Łajtar and the above text
was written on a basis of his statements.
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Greek Christian Inscriptions
in the Collections
of the National Museum
in Warsaw
The collection of Greek Christian inscriptions in the National Museum in
Warsaw numbers 29 objects; a great majority of it is in the Early-Christian Art
Collection (only two of them belong to the Ancient Art Collection).' No
doubt it is the greatest collection of this kind in Poland. The inscriptions can
be divided in two categories. Texts gained during Polish excavations executed
in Faras (cat. no. 101-107) and in Old Dongola (cat. no. 109-113) should be
numbered into the first category, whereas the second one includes inscriptions
which formerly belonged to the collection of Lyceum Hosianum in Braniewo
(Braunsberg; cat. no. 7-12; 25; 26; 28; 94-100; 108). The first group altogether
with the monuments of Christian paintings from Faras constitutes one of the
most interesting complexes of that kind in Europę. It is very well documented
and has been displayed on many different occasions. The second group of
inscriptions is much less known, apart from a limited circle of specialists,
although not less interesting. Therefore, in this paper I would like to take the
opportunity to present all inscriptions of the second group together to the
wide circle of readers.
Inscriptions cat. no. 7-12 were found at the beginning of the 20thcentury
in Constantinople during the excavations in the ąuarter of Pera (north of
the Golden Horn). In antiąuity there was a necropolis from which many of
sepulchral inscriptions were preserved, such as the ones we are dealing with
in the above mentioned collection, which constitutes a good example of
typical Christian sepulchral inscriptions of 6th-7th centuries for this area.
Together with a number of other similar inscriptions it is good auxiliary
materiał in research on not only Christian sepulchral customs, but also (to
1 All the Greek inscriptions in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw were studied
in A. Łajtar, A. Twardecki, Catalogue des Inscriptions Grecąues du Musee National de Varsovie,
(in print). For a better clarity of the present paper I keep the numbering applied in the above
mentioned catalogue. Morę detailed bibliographical data are to be found in the catalogue as
well. Christian inscriptions in the catalogue were studied by Adam Łajtar and the above text
was written on a basis of his statements.
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