Faras Collection

Fresco depicting an archangel with sword. Detail. Porch of the southern entrance. Cathedral of Faras. 12th-13th centuries. Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018

Epitaph of Maththaios, Bishop of Faras. May-June, 766. Sandstone. Cathedral of Faras (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018

Cross in Majesty (Maiestas Crucis). Fresco, detail
Fresco depicting the Cross, with the image of Christ in the center (Maiestas Crucis), detail. Northern vestibule. 11th century. Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw

Fragment of door post. 6th-8th centuries. Sandstone. From Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018

Fresco depicting the Archangel (Raphael?). Second half of the 8th century - first half of the 9th century. From the staircase of Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw

Cross in Majesty (Maiestas Crucis) - Northern vestibule
Fresco depicting the Cross, with the image of Christ in the center (Maiestas Crucis). Northern vestibule. 11th century. Faras Cathedral (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland

Fragment of a frieze. Apse of First Cathedral. 7th century
Fragment of the frieze from the apse of the First Cathedral. 7th century. Sandstone with traces of polychromy. Cathedral of Faras (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland. Date: 2018

Founding Inscription of Bishop Paulos
The Founding Inscription of Bishop Paulos. It commemorates the renovation of the cathedral in 707. Greek. Sandstone. Detail. From Faras (Sudan). Faras Gallery. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland

A fine early Coptic wall mural depicting an angel, which came from the ancient Christian monastery of Faras, founded in 707AD

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