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Coptic monasteries : Egypt's monastic art and architecture / Gawdat Gabra ; with a historical overview by Tim Vivian.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gabra, Gawdat, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coptic church buildings--Egypt--Cairo.
- Coptic church buildings.
- Coptic Church--History.
- Coptic Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, [2002]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Egypt, the birthplace of communal monasticism, has a rich store of monasteries and monastic art. Coptic Monasteries takes the reader on a tour of the best preserved and most significant of these ancient religious centers, documenting in exhaustive detail the richness and the glory of the 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 re
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781617972607
- 1617972606
- 9781617975103
- 1617975109
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