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The treasures of Coptic art : in the Coptic Museum and churches of Old Cairo / Gawdat Gabra, Marianne Eaton-Krauss.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, [2006?]Edition: A supreme Council of antiquities editionDescription: xvi, 283 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 34 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 977424933X
  • 9789774249334
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 701.94820962 GAB 22
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Reference (NB) Reference (NB) Central Library First floor Baccah 701.94820962 GAB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 32510 Not for loan 000047874
Total holds: 0

"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.

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