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Egypt in the Byzantine World 300-700 [Paperback]
Roger S. Bagnall (Author)
£40.99ISBN: 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 -
Illustrated Guide to the Coptic Museum and Churches of Old Cairo [Paperback]
Gawdat Gabra (Author); M. Eaton-Krauss (Author)
£19.95ISBN: 9789774160073
Published by : American University in Cairo Press
The Coptic Museum in Cairo contains the world's finest collection of artefacts of the Coptic church, including wall paintings, sculpture, icons, bibles, wood carvings and pottery. This beautifully illustrated guide provides information on each ... .... Learn More -
Cairo of the Mamluks [Hardback]
Doris Abouseif (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781845115494
Published by : I.B. Tauris
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 -
Kellis Literary Texts Volume 2 [Hardback]
Iain Gardner (Editor)
£60.00ISBN: 9781842172544
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph
Volume: 15
Volume 2 completes the account of the literary texts primarily deriving from the Manichaean community in ancient Kellis. House 3 and surrounding domestic buildings have yielded up important texts which reflect the faith and practice of lay foll... .... Learn More -
Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt [Hardback]
Mark R. Cohen (Author)
£58.95ISBN: 9780691092720
Published by : Princeton University Press
Mark Cohen mines the richest body of documents available - the papers of the Cairo Geniza. These documents, located in the Geniza, a hidden chamber for discarded papers situated in a medieval synagogue in Old Cairo, were preserved largely unhar... .... Learn More -
Holzschnitzereien der spätantiken bis fruehislamischen Zeit aus Ägypten [Hardback]
Elisabet Enss (Author)
£178.00ISBN: 9783895003981
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Spätantike-Frühes Christentum-Byzanz
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Egyptology: The Missing Millennium. Ancient Egypt in Medieval Arabic Writings [Hardback]
Okasha El-Daly (Author)
£110.00ISBN: 9781598742107
Published by : Left Coast Press
There is generally a gap in the historiography of ancient Egypt between classical writers and sources relating to the travels of later Europeans studying Egyptian culture. This book seeks to fill that gap by collating and consulting evidence fr... .... Learn More -
The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza [Paperback]
Mark R. Cohen (Author)
£37.95ISBN: 9780691092713
Published by : Princeton University Press
A companion to Cohen's other volume, Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt , the book presents more than ninety letters, alms lists, donor lists, and other related documents from the Geniza, a hidden chamber for discarded... .... Learn More -
From Monastery to Hospital: Christian Monasticism and the Transformation of Health Care in Late Antiquity [Hardback]
Andrew Crislip (Author)
£88.95ISBN: 9780472114740
Published by : University of Michigan Press
In the early 4th century the health care system that developed within monastic communities was without precedent but it was to transform how people received care and treatment throughout the Mediterranean and Europe in Late Antiquity. In focusi... .... Learn More -
Weavings from Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Egypt: The Rich Life and the Dance [Paperback]
Eunice Dauterman Maguire (Author)
Regular Price: £20.99
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781883015312
Published by : Krannert Art Museum
Dating primarily from the third to seventh centuries, these hand-woven fabrics from the collection of Rose Choron showcase colourful images of dancers, haloed saints with hands raised in prayer, and a plethora... .... Learn More
