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dc.contributor.authorHafsaas, Henriette
dc.contributor.authorTsakos, Alexandros
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-29T07:31:13Z
dc.date.available2021-11-29T07:31:13Z
dc.date.created2021-09-16T17:54:15Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn1018-9556
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2831781
dc.description.abstractThe Christian population in Medieval Nubia created numerous manifestations of their faith in various forms – from monumental cathedrals to minuscule inscriptions. Among the latter are monograms, cryptograms, and cross-shaped symbols. Researchers of Medieval Nubia have only seldom studied closely these epigraphic categories. Moreover, the study of the cult of the archangels, especially of the archangel Michael, who held a primal position in the belief system of Christians in Nubia, has only recently attracted the attention of Nubiologists. This article employs theory about the interface between the written and the visual in order to discuss grapho-linguistic evidence for this type of epigraphic devices and the use of such devices as multivocal symbols in the cults of the archangels in Medieval Nubia. A careful analysis of cryptograms of the archangels Michael and Raphael offers a key to the decipherment of an eight-pointed cross as a multivocal symbol connected with the cult of the archangels. The study pivots around observations made during fieldwork on Sai Island in northern Sudan. Link to volume: https://www.pharosjot.com/2021.htmlen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleMichael and other archangels behind an eight-pointed cross-symbol from Medieval Nubia: A view from Sai Island in northern Sudanen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 Open Access/Author/sen_US
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.46222/pharosjot.102.12
dc.identifier.cristin1935120
dc.source.journalPharos Journal of Theology. 2021, 102, Special Issue 1.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPharos Journal of Theology. 2021, special issue 1.en_US
dc.source.volume102en_US
dc.source.issueSpecial Issue 1en_US


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