The treasures of Coptic art : in the Coptic Museum and churches of Old Cairo /
Gabra, Gawdat,
The treasures of Coptic art : in the Coptic Museum and churches of Old Cairo / Gawdat Gabra, Marianne Eaton-Krauss. - A supreme Council of antiquities edition. - xvi, 283 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 34 cm
"This book appears in conjunction with the reopening of the renovated and reinstalled Coptic Museum by Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, on June 25, 2006, following a lengthy closure in the aftermath of the 1992 earthquake."--Preface, p. ix.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History of the Coptic Museum -- Pagan art and Coptic art -- Nilotica -- Pharaonic elements in Cptic art and architecture -- Egyptian monasticism -- Old Testament themes -- Glorification of the holy virgin -- Pilgrimage -- Writing -- The Nag Hammadi library -- Articles of daily life -- Burials -- The church -- Churches of Old Cairo.
977424933X 9789774249334
Matḥaf al-Qibṭī (Cairo, Egypt)
Coptic art--Egypt--Cairo.
Art museums--Egypt--Cairo.
--Reading book
701.94820962 / GAB
The treasures of Coptic art : in the Coptic Museum and churches of Old Cairo / Gawdat Gabra, Marianne Eaton-Krauss. - A supreme Council of antiquities edition. - xvi, 283 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 34 cm
"This book appears in conjunction with the reopening of the renovated and reinstalled Coptic Museum by Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, on June 25, 2006, following a lengthy closure in the aftermath of the 1992 earthquake."--Preface, p. ix.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History of the Coptic Museum -- Pagan art and Coptic art -- Nilotica -- Pharaonic elements in Cptic art and architecture -- Egyptian monasticism -- Old Testament themes -- Glorification of the holy virgin -- Pilgrimage -- Writing -- The Nag Hammadi library -- Articles of daily life -- Burials -- The church -- Churches of Old Cairo.
977424933X 9789774249334
Matḥaf al-Qibṭī (Cairo, Egypt)
Coptic art--Egypt--Cairo.
Art museums--Egypt--Cairo.
--Reading book
701.94820962 / GAB