TY - BOOK AU - Gabra,Gawdat AU - Eaton-Krauss,Marianne TI - The treasures of Coptic art: in the Coptic Museum and churches of Old Cairo SN - 977424933X U1 - 701.94820962 22 PY - 2006///?] CY - Cairo, New York PB - American University in Cairo Press KW - Matḥaf al-Qibṭī (Cairo, Egypt) KW - BUEsh KW - Coptic art KW - Egypt KW - Cairo KW - Art museums KW - ENGGEN KW - May2019 KW - Reading book N1 - "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 ER -