Caption

Wall painting: High Priest Aaron, Nubian workshop; wall painting; censer iconographic; liturgical vestments; Faras Sudan; Old Testament high priest iconographic. Arms spread to the sides; in his right hand the priest holds a censer in the shape of a hemispherical cup on a foot suspended on three long chains; in his left hand a leafy branch and a box . A yellow nimbus outlined with a red line around the figure's head. The face is heavily blurred, features invisible. The ankle-length white tunic is decorated with a diagonal red check pattern at thigh level, followed by a light purple stripe with vertical dark purple stripes, a diagonal checkered belt, and then another vertical stripe pattern. The high priest's shoulders are covered by a light purple mantle with darker purple vertical stripes, fastened at the chest with an oval clasp. On his feet the figure wears dark purple slippers. Original plaster: 224 x 147 cm; wall painting dimensions: height 253 cm, width 184 cm, depth 9 cm; 1st quarter of the 10th century. Weight: unknown., A faded painted figure on a worn plaster surface shows a person with a circular halo-like shape behind the head, rendered in yellow and reddish-brown tones; the face area is pale and indistinct. The figure wears a robe with deep reddish-brown and golden-yellow areas, including a darker outer garment draped over lighter inner layers and a patterned band across the waist in yellow and muted brown. The lower garments display crosshatched and pleated textures in pale beige and brown, and dark reddish-brown shapes appear at the feet. The background is a textured off-white and beige plaster with visible cracks, chips, and areas of loss where underlying material shows through.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_190

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Rights managed

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68.7Mb (7.2Mb) / 13.3in x 20.0in / 4000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Wall painting High Priest Aaron Nubian workshop wall painting censer iconographic liturgical vestments Faras Sudan Old Testament high priest iconographic Arms spread sides right hand priest holds censer shape hemispherical cup foot suspended three long chains left hand leafy branch box yellow nimbus outlined red line figure's head face heavily blurred features invisible ankle-length white tunic decorated diagonal red check pattern thigh level followed light purple stripe vertical dark purple stripes diagonal checkered belt another vertical stripe pattern high priest's shoulders covered light purple mantle darker purple vertical stripes fastened chest oval clasp feet figure wears dark purple slippers Original plaster wall painting dimensions height 253 cm width 184 cm depth 9 cm 1st quarter 10th century Weight unknown faded painted figure worn plaster surface person circular halo- head rendered yellow reddish-brown tones face area pale indistinct figure wears robe deep reddish-brown golden-yellow areas darker outer garment draped lighter inner layers patterned band across waist muted brown lower garments display crosshatched pleated textures pale beige brown dark reddish-brown shapes background textured off-white beige plaster visible cracks chips areas loss underlying material .