Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw and designers from SWPS University took on quite a challenge. Based on the paintings, they reconstructed royal and priestly robes that were worn in medieval Nubia. The clothing collection will be shown on October 17 at the Louvre.
Nubia is a historic land in northeastern Africa that encompassed what is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Based on paintings that once decorated the walls of the cathedral in Farasa city that is part of this historical land, experts have reconstructed five Nubian costumes.
The decorations from the cathedral, which are now in the collection of the National Museum in Warsaw and the Sudanese National Museum in Khartoum, show the clothes of medieval Nubian kings, royal mothers and a bishop.
– We chose, first of all, for reconstruction two royal outfits and two royal mothers’ outfits (from the 10th and late 12th centuries). They are the most visible changes brought to Nubia by Christianity, which came from Constantinople in the 6th century. We believe that the ambition of the Kingdom of Makuria was to join the Christian world. And these ambitions can be seen in the clothes. Especially at the beginning of Christianization, all elements of royal costumes repeat the clothes of Byzantine emperors – told PAP Dr. Hab. Dobrochna Zielińska.
Source: geekweek.interia.pl
