Coptic monasteries : Egypt's monastic art and architecture

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Coptic monasteries : Egypt's monastic art and architecture

Gawdat Gabra ; with a historical overview by Tim Vivian

American University in Cairo Press, 2002

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

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内容説明

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 religious schism to nomadic attacks. Gawdat Gabra’s expert commentary, complemented by almost one hundred full-color photographs of newly restored 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, the salient architectural features of each monastery, as well as the ongoing process of restoration that has returned much of their original vibrancy to these works. A unique and invaluable historical record, Coptic Monasteries is equally an in-depth, on-the-spot guide to these living monuments or an armchair trip back in time to the roots of one of the world’s oldest Christian traditions.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB30778393
  • ISBN
    • 9774246918
  • LCCN
    2002319495
  • 出版国コード
    ua
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cairo ; New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    142 p., [16] p. of plates
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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