In search of Nubian master-builders: an architectural drawing from the Cathedral in Faras.

In search of Nubian master-builders: an architectural drawing from the Cathedral in Faras.

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A makeshift drawing from the Cathedral in Faras may be a depiction of the ground plan of a church.Nevertheless, the naive appearance of the sketch and an almost complete lack of sufficient parallels from either Nubia or the Eastern Mediterranean make a proper outer banks pura vida examination of this assumption unfeasible.A reassessment of the architectural drawing from the cathedral, however, draws a wider perspective for a discussion of originality in Nubian architecture.

The following paper presents the rather modest evidence available for a study of the nature of Nubian green queen homies architecture from the point of view of its builders.