Research Catalog

Title

Coptic monasteries : Egypt's monastic art and architecture / Gawdat Gabra ; with a historical overview by Tim Vivian.

Author

Gabra, Gawdat

Publication

Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Vivian, Tim

Description

142 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Coptic Monasteries takes the reader on a tour of the best preserved and most significant of Egypt's ancient religious centers, documenting the richness and the glory of this country's Coptic heritage." "An informative introduction by Tim Vivian brings to life the early Christian era, with background information on the origins of the Coptic Church as well as its rites and ceremonies, sketches of some of monasticism's founding figures, and accounts of some of the difficulties they faced, from religious schism to nomadic attacks." "Gawdat Gabra's expert commentary, complemented by almost one hundred full-color photographs of wall paintings and architectural features, covers monasteries from Aswan to Wadi al-Natrun. Ranging across a thousand years of history, Gabra's observations will make any reader an expert on the composition and content of some of Egypt's most outstanding religious art and the salient architectural features of each monastery, as well as the ongoing process of restoration that has returned much of their original vibrancy to some of these works."--Jacket.

Subject

• Coptic Church > History
• Coptic art
• Coptic monasteries
• Coptic monasticism and religious orders > History
• Monasticism and religious orders > Egypt > History
• Monasticism and religious orders
• Coptic monasticism and religious orders
• Coptic art
• Coptic monasteries
• Kloster
• Kopten
• Koptische Kerk
• Kloosters
• Art, Coptic
• Monasteries, Coptic
• Egypt
• Ägypten
• Egypt > Church history
• Kopten

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [124]-133) and index.

Contents

Coptic orthodox church by Tim Vivian -- Monasticism -- Monasteries of Wadi al-Natrun -- Monastery of al-Baramus -- Monastery of St. Pshoi -- Monastery of the Syrians -- Monastery of St. Macarius -- Monastery of the Archangel in al-Faiyum -- Monasteries of the Eastern Desert -- Monastery of St. Antony -- Chapel of the Four Living Creatures -- Cross -- Monastery of St. Paul -- Monasteries of Sohag -- Monastery of St. Shenute (The White Monastery) -- Church -- Monastery of St. Pshoi (The Red Monastery) -- Monasteries of Aswan -- Monastery at Qubbat al-Hawa -- Monastery of Anba Hatre (St. Simeon) -- Ruined Monasteries -- Monastery of St. Apollo at Bawit -- Monastery of St. Jeremiah at Saqqara.

ISBN

• 9774246918
• 9789774246913

LCCN

2002319495

OCLC

• ocm51476818
• 51476818
• SCSB-9419016

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library