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Menas i Afrodyta. „Dewocjonalia” z sanktuarium świętego Menasa
Author(s) -
Zsolt Kiss
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
vox patrum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-3586
pISSN - 0860-9411
DOI - 10.31743/vp.3714
Subject(s) - iconography , context (archaeology) , art , geology , art history , paleontology
The article considers the ampullae and figurines produced in the Late Antiquity in the sanctuary of St. Menas in Abu Mina. Their forms and iconography are analised in the context of the earlier traditions of greco-roman art in Egypt, in which they are clearly rooted. Both the ampullae and the figurines can be considered as the manifestation of continuity of long established iconographical types in a new, Christian context.