Coptic

ISBN: 9780300118476
Published by : Yale University Press
St. Paul is generally considered the first Christian hermit, and the monastery built around his cave in Egypt is one of the very oldest. This sumptuous volume grew out of a conservation project of the monastery's superb wall paintings, which w... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780970059154
Published by : American Society of Papyrologists
Series: American Studies in Papyrology
Volume: 43
Editions of ninety-one papyri associated with the day-to-day administration of the Monastery of Apollo at Bawit during the VIII century, seventy-eight of which are published for the first time. Many of the papyri are orders issued by the head o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788391825082
Published by : Journal of Juristic Papyrology
Series: JJP Supplements
Volume: 9
The volume contains some twenty Greek texts on papyrus and ostraca, both theological and documentary, found during the excavation carried out by the Polish Archaeological Mission (directed by prof. Wlodzimierz Godlewski) at Deir el-Naqlun, a m... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789774249815
Published by : American Univ. in Cairo Press
The latest in the series of compact Egypt Pocket Guides turns its attention to the Coptic church, its monuments, art, history and culture. As well as general background, the book contains information, maps, cutaways and floor plans on Egypt's ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521871372
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book is the first comprehensive survey of Egypt to treat this entire period including the first half-century of Arab rule. Twenty-one renowned specialists present the history, society, economy, culture, religious institutions, art and arch... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521145879
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book is the first comprehensive survey of Egypt to treat this entire period including the first half-century of Arab rule. Twenty-one renowned specialists present the history, society, economy, culture, religious institutions, art and arch... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780812239904
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Shenoute of Atripe led the White Monastery, a community of several thousand male and female Coptic monks in Upper Egypt, between approximately 395 and 465 C.E. Shenoute's letters, sermons, and treatises are one of the most detailed bodies of wr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781845115494
Published by : Tauris & Co Ltd
This immaculately designed book is set out in two distinct parts. The first offers a survey of Mamluk history and culture, from their usurpation of power as slave soldiers in 1250 to their final overthrow in 1517. The Mamluks were dedicated pat... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789774160745
Published by : ABC-Clio Ltd
The great medieval necropolis of Cairo, comprising two main areas that together stretch twelve kilometers from north to south, constitutes a major feature of the citys urban landscape. With monumental and smaller-scale mausolea dating from all ... .... Learn More