Ewa Balicka-Witakowska
Born on May 6th, 1948
MA in Semitic languages 1972 at Warszaw university,
MA in History of art 1974 at Warszaw university, PhD in History of art 1993 at Uppsala university,
Docent (Associate professor)
in History of art 1999 at Uppsala university
Address:
Uppsala university
Department of linguistics and philology
PO Box 635
SE-751 26 Uppsala
Sweden
ewa.balicka-witakowska@lingfil.uu.se
Bibliography*
*some transcriptions from Ethiopian are partly inaccurate
"Enluminures d'un rouleau magique éthiopien rapporté par la 1ère expédition d'étudiants polonais en Afrique", in Africana bulletin 24 (Warszaw, 1974), 59-65
"Z dziejów ksiazki etiopiskiej", in Studia o ksiazce 5 (Warszaw, 1975), 65-96 ("Introduction to the history of the Ethiopian book", with a summary in French)
"Iluminacje XV-wiecznego psalterza etiopskiego, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, d'Abbadie 105", in Biuletyn historii sztuki 34 (Warszaw, 1975), 1-25 ("An illumination of the 15th-century Ethiopian psalter Paris, BN, d'Abbadie 105", with a summary in French)
"Le psautier éthiopien illustré de Belēn Sägäd", in Rudolf Zeitler & Jan O.M. Karlsson (eds.), Imagines medievales. Studier i medeltida ikonografi, arkitektur, skulptur, måleri och konsthantverk [Ars Suetica, 7] (Uppsala, 1983), 1-46
"Etiopiska magiska rullar -- lyckobringande, skyddande och botande amuletter", in Tenaestelin. Medlemsblad för Svensk-etiopiska föreningen 24:1 (Stockholm, 1983), 14-23 ("Ethiopian magic scrolls -- luck-bringing, protecting and curing amulets", soon available as pdf here)
"Etiopiska magiska rullar", in Svenska kommittén för bysantinska studier. Bulletin 1 (1983), 17-19 ("Ethiopian magic scrolls")
"Observations sur l'iconographie de l'Annonciation dans la peinture éthiopienne", in Sven Rubenson (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh international conference of Ethiopian studies, University of Lund, 26-29 April 1982 (Addis Abeba, Uppsala & East Lansing MI, 1984), 149-64
"Un psautier éthiopien illustré inconnu", in Orientalia Suecana 33-35 (1984-86) = Tryggve Kronholm, Eva Riad & alii (eds.), On the dignity of man. Oriental and classical studies in honour of Frithiof Rundgren (Stockholm, 1986), 17-48 (available as pdf here)
"Wacław Korabiewiczs samling av etiopiska träkors", in Svenska kommittén för bysantinska studier. Bulletin 4 (1986), 24-29 ("Wacław Korabiewicz’s collection of Ethiopian crosses")
"Is Näwa bäg‛u an Ethiopian cross?", in Taddese Beyene (ed.), Proceedings of the Eighth international conference of Ethiopian studies, University of Addis Ababa, 1984, vol. 1 (Addis Ababa & Frankfurt am Main, 1988), 105-24 (available as pdf here)
[Description of two Ethiopian manuscripts], in Ulf Abel & Nils-Göran Hökby (eds.), Gyllene böcker: nyförvärv och nyupptäckter. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 13.12.1987-6.3.1988 [Nationalmuseums utställningskatalog, 504] (Stockholm, 1987), 37-38 (no. 29 = Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, B 2034), 68 (no. 77 = Uppsala, UUB, Etiop. 2)
"Den etiopiska konsten", in Berit Sahlström (ed.), Afrikansk konst [kompendium] (Uppsala: Konstvetenskapliga institutionen, 1989), 1-24 ("Ethiopian art")
"The iconography of the Deposition in Ethiopian painting", in Proceedings of the First international conference on the history of Ethiopian art held at the Warburg institute of the University of London, October 21 and 22, 1986 (London, 1989), 15-22, 139-44
"Descente de Croix sur une peinture murale de la cathédrale de Faras", in Nubica 1-2 (Köln, 1987-8, publ. 1990), 459-74
"L'oiseau dans la cage: exemple éthiopien", in Orientalia Suecana 40 (1991), 53-71 (available as pdf here)
"Les sources iconographiques des représentations éthiopiennes du Massacre des innocents", in Piotr O. Scholz & alii (eds.), Orbis aethiopicus. Studia in honorem Stanislaus Chojnacki natali septuagesimo quinto dicata, septuagesimo septimo oblata, vol. 2 [Bibliotheca nubica. Schriftenreihe zur Kultur- und Kunstgeschichte des Raumes um das Rote Meer, 3:2] (Albstadt, 1992), 269-92
"Rapport från Tredje internationella konferensen om etiopisk konst i Addis Abeba samt från en expedition till norra Etiopien", in Bysantinska sällskapet. Bulletin 12 (1994), 33-38 ("Report from the third international conference on Ethiopian art at Addis Abeba and from an expedition to northern Ethiopia")
La crucifixion sans crucifié dans l'art éthiopien. Recherches sur la survie de l'iconographie chrétienne de l'Antiquité tardive [Bibliotheca nubica et aethiopica. Schriftenreihe zur Kultur- und Kunstgeschichte des Raumes um das Rote Meer, 4] (Warszaw, 1995)
"Kring en helgonsvit från klippkyrkan Gännätä Maryam, Etiopien", in Bysantinska sällskapet. Bulletin 13 (1995), 24-35 ("The pictorial representation of saints in the rock-hewn church Gännätä Maryam, Ethiopia")
"Mamas: a Cappadocian saint in Ethiopian tradition", in Jan Olof Rosenqvist (ed.), Leimon. Studies presented to Lennart Rydén on his sixty-fifth birthday [Studia byzantina Upsaliensia, 6] (Uppsala, 1996), 211-56
"L'importance du matériel éthiopien pour les études sur l'art byzantin: le cas de l'église Gännätä Maryam (XIIIe siècle) et son ensemble de peintures murales", in Byzantium: identity, image, influence. Proceedings of the XIXth International congress of Byzantine studies, Copenhagen, 18-24 August, 1996. Abstracts and communications (Copenhagen, 1996), no. 1243
"Monumental Ethiopian tablet-woven silk curtains: a case for royal patronage in Gondar", The Burlington magazine, no. 1109 (1996), 1-35 (with Michael Gervers)
"Den turkiska konsten", in Ingvar Svanberg (ed.), Tradition och nyskapande. Turkiska språket och kulturen (Lund, 1997), 133-73 ("Turkish art")
"En armenisk magisk rulle i Uppsala universitetsbibliotek", in Bysantinska sällskapet. Bulletin 15 (1997), 25-32 ("An Armenian magical scroll in Uppsala university library")
"Remarks on the decoration of the Syriac gospels, British library, add. 7174", in René Lavenant (ed.), Symposium syriacum VII, Uppsala university, Department of Asian and African languages, 11-14 August 1996 [Orientalia christiana analecta, 256] (Rome, 1998), 642-59
"The crucified thieves in ethiopian art. Literary and iconographical sources", in Oriens christianus 82 (1998), 204-56
"Rapport från fältstudier i Syrien", in Bysantinska sällskapet. Bulletin 16 (1998), 30-35 ("Report from field research in Syria", project in connection with the project "Syrian-Netherlands cooperation for the study of art in Syria", SYNCAS)
"Les peintures murales de l'église rupestre éthiopienne Gännätä Maryam près Lalibela", in Arte medievale, Series 2, 12-13 (1998-99), 193-209
"The story of the Invention of the Holy Cross illustrated in two Syriac manuscripts", in Robert Favreau & Marie-Hélène Debiès (eds.), Iconographica. Mélanges offerts à Piotr Skubiszewski par ses amis, ses collègues, ses élèves [Civilisation médiévale, 7] (Poitiers, 1999), 1-14
"Liturgiska solfjädrar i de österländska kyrkorna", in Bysantinska sällskapet. Bulletin 18 (2000), 49-57 ("Liturgical fans in the christian oriental churches")
The hidden pearl. Aramaic heritage of the Syrian orthodox church, vol. 2, The heirs of the ancient Aramaic heritage (Rome, 2001) (with Sebastian P. Brock, David G.K. Taylor and Witold Witakowski)
"Armenian scroll in the Uppsala university library", in Actes du XXe congrès international des études byzantines, Paris, 19-25 août 2001 (Paris, 2001), 36-37
"The church of Yemrehannä Krestos and its wall-paintings. A preliminary report", in Africana bulletin 49 (Warszaw, 2001), 9-48 (with Michael Gervers)
"The wall-paintings in the rock-cut church of Mäsqälä Krestos, Wuqro near Sokota", in Africana bulletin 50 (Warszaw, 2002), 20-39
"In memoriam Lennart Rydén 1931-2002", in Dragomanen. Årsskrift utgiven av Svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul och Föreningen svenska Istanbulinstitutets vänner 6 (2002), 127-131 (in Swedish, with Johan Heldt)
[Five articles], in Encyclopaedia aethiopica, vol. 1, A-C. Ed. by Siegbert Uhlig (Wiesbaden, 2003) (articles "Art exhibitions", "Angels", "Arsima", "Crucifixion", "Crowns")
"Monastisk konst från Etiopien. Abba Yemata-kyrkan och dess målningar", in Kirke og kultur 108:4 (Oslo, 2003), 351-64 ("Monastic art from Ethiopia. The Abba Yemata church and its mural paintings", soon available as pdf here)
"Pictorial Tergwame on the crucifixion. An Ethiopian drawing in the Bodleian library", in Verena Böll & alii (eds.), Studia aethiopica in honour of Siegbert Uhlig on the occasion of his 65th birthday (Wiesbaden, 2004), 431-42
"The Holy face of Edessa on the frames of the Volto santo of Genoa. The literary and pictorial sources", in Jan Olof Rosenqvist (ed.), Interaction and isolation in late Byzantine culture. Papers read at a colloquium held at the Swedish research institute in Istanbul, 1-5 December, 1999 [Swedish research institute in Istanbul. Transactions, 13] (Stockholm, 2004), 100-31
"The wall-paintings in the church of Mädhane Aläm near Lalibäla", in Africana bulletin 52 (Warszaw, 2004), 9-29
"The liturgical fan and its Ethiopian examples", in Rocznik orientalistyczny 57:2 (2004), 19-46
[Nineteen articles], in Encyclopaedia aethiopica, vol. 2, D-Ha. Ed. by Siegbert Uhlig (Wiesbaden, 2005) (articles "Däbrä Berhan Sellase", "Däbrä Sina", "Daga Estifanos", "Däq", "Debab", "Degum Sellase", "Devil", "Däbrä Sälam Mika'el", "Däbrä Ma‛ar", "Däbrä Seyon", "Donors", "Equestrian saints", "Estäsya", "Emäkina Mädhane Aläm/Ledättä Maryam", "St. George", "Gäralta: churches", "Guh", "Gundä Gunde: art and architecture", "Haräg")
"The location of icons in the Byzantine church", in Ewa Balicka-Witakowska (ed.), Five essays on icons [Swedish research institute in Istanbul. Papers, 1] (Istanbul, 2005), 41-61
"Against thirty and twenty five devils. Two Ethiopian painted amulets in the British museum collection", in Rocznik orientalistyczny 59:1 (2006) = Witold Witakowski & Lydia Łykowska (eds.), Wälättä Yohanna. Ethiopian studies in honour of Joanna Mantel-Niećko on the occasion of the 50th year of her work at the Institute of oriental studies, Warszaw university (Warszaw, 2006), 33-46
[Fifteen articles], in Encyclopaedia aethiopica, vol. 3, He-N. Ed. by Siegbert Uhlig (Wiesbaden, 2007) (articles "Kidanä mehrät in art", "Kwer‛atä Re'esu", "Lalibäla in art", "Maiestas Domini", "Mä'aquddi: Yohannes Wäldä Nägwädgwad", "Märäweh", "Makedda in art", "Mändabba Mädhane Aläm", "Manuscripts: preparation", "Mary Magdalene", "Mäsqäl: Ethiopian legends on the Holy cross", "St. Menas in art", "Mika'el Amba", "Moses in art", "Nä'akkweto Lä'ab in art")
"Wandmalerei -- die unbekannte Welt der äthiopischen Kunst/Wall-paintings -- the lesser-known medium of Ethiopian art", in Annegret Marx & Alexandra Neubauer (eds.), Steh auf und geh nach Süden. 2000 Jahre Christentum in Äthiopien [Ausstellung Ikonen-Museum der Stadt Frankfurt/Stiftung Dr. Schmidt-Voigt, 27. November 2007-2. März 2008] (Tübingen, 2007), 79-92 (the catalogue also with an English title "Arise and go toward the south. 2000 years of christianity in Ethiopia")
"The wall-paintings in the sanctuary of the church of Gännätä Maryam near Lalibäla", in Walter Raunig & Asfa-Wossen Asserate (eds.), Ethiopian art -- a unique cultural heritage and modern challenge. 10. wissenschaftliche Tagung der Gesellschaft Orbis aethiopicus in Leipzig vom 24.–26. Juni 2005 in Verbindung mit der "7th International conference of Ethiopian art" zu Ehren des Nestors der äthiopischen Kunstgeschichte Stanisław Chojnacki [Bibliotheca nubica et aethiopica. Schriftenreihe zur Kultur- und Kunstgeschichte des Raumes um das Rote Meer, 10/Orbis aethiopicus. Beiträge zur Geschichte, Religion und Kunst Äthiopiens, 10] (Lublin, 2007), 119-137
Review of Claire Bosc-Tiessé & Anaïs Wion, Peintures sacrées d'Éthiopie. Collection de la Mission Dakar-Djibouti (Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, 2005), in Aethiopica 10 (2007), ?-?
"The Syriac Book of protection and its drawings (British library Or. 6673)", in George A. Kiraz (ed.), Malphono w-Rabo d-Malphone. Studies in honor of Sebastian P. Brock (Piscataway NJ: Gorgias Press, 2008), ?-?
Forthcoming
"The Syriac story of the Magi and its pictorial versions", in The language of Jesus and the culture of the Arameans/Syrians. Papers read at a colloquium held at the Swedish research institute in Istanbul 2005 in the series "Swedish research institute in Istanbul. Transactions"
Work available online
Contributions to "Mäzgäbä Se'elat -- Treasury of Ethiopian Images", a catalogued database of photographs of art objects (and related material) taken in Ethiopia (http://ethiopia.deeds.utoronto.ca -- username: student, password: student)