Monks across the desert. Hermitic life in Christian Petra

Monks across the desert. Hermitic life in Christian Petra A new interpretation of the pre-Crusader phase of the site follows from the identification of a pre-Crusader rock-cut chapel. In particular, in early mediaeval time, a monastic community at al-Wu’ayra and a number of hermitic cells surrou...

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Autores principales:	Andrea Vanni Desideri, Silvia Leporatti
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2020
Materias:	Petra Christian period hermitages survey Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ed48240ba7b64307abb4cfd995b8e8c02021-11-27T13:18:46ZMonks across the desert. Hermitic life in Christian Petra10.12797/SAAC.24.2020.24.061899-15482449-867Xhttps://doaj.org/article/ed48240ba7b64307abb4cfd995b8e8c02020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/2638https://doaj.org/toc/1899-1548https://doaj.org/toc/2449-867X Monks across the desert. Hermitic life in Christian Petra A new interpretation of the pre-Crusader phase of the site follows from the identification of a pre-Crusader rock-cut chapel. In particular, in early mediaeval time, a monastic community at al-Wu’ayra and a number of hermitic cells surrounding a central fortified coenobium preceded the later military castle keep. The Crusaders profited by the presence of a Christian fortified settlement, easy to transform into a military installation by a simple addition of a number of buildings, which are identifiable by a chrono-typology of building techniques.The new program of research which started in 2017 aims at registering, surveying, and studying various hermitic installations around the perimeter of the town in order to contextualize this early medieval phase of al-Wu’ayrain the topography of Petra and contribute to the knowledge of a ‘minor’and underestimated aspect of the town in early Christian time. In fact, these monastic-hermitic settlements located in segregated spots of the peri-urbanarea, surviving the abandonment of the major churches of the town, can help to understand in a more realistic way the articulated forms of Christian presence and its duration until the late 19th century. Andrea Vanni DesideriSilvia LeporattiKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticlePetraChristian periodhermitagessurveyAncient historyD51-90History of the artsNX440-632ENFRStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, Vol 24 (2020)
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description	Monks across the desert. Hermitic life in Christian Petra A new interpretation of the pre-Crusader phase of the site follows from the identification of a pre-Crusader rock-cut chapel. In particular, in early mediaeval time, a monastic community at al-Wu’ayra and a number of hermitic cells surrounding a central fortified coenobium preceded the later military castle keep. The Crusaders profited by the presence of a Christian fortified settlement, easy to transform into a military installation by a simple addition of a number of buildings, which are identifiable by a chrono-typology of building techniques.The new program of research which started in 2017 aims at registering, surveying, and studying various hermitic installations around the perimeter of the town in order to contextualize this early medieval phase of al-Wu’ayrain the topography of Petra and contribute to the knowledge of a ‘minor’and underestimated aspect of the town in early Christian time. In fact, these monastic-hermitic settlements located in segregated spots of the peri-urbanarea, surviving the abandonment of the major churches of the town, can help to understand in a more realistic way the articulated forms of Christian presence and its duration until the late 19th century.
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Monks across the desert. Hermitic life in Christian Petra

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