The Red Monastery church : beauty and asceticism in upper Egypt / edited by Elizabeth S. Bolman.
The Red Monastery church : beauty and asceticism in upper Egypt / edited by Elizabeth S. Bolman.
The Red Monastery church : beauty and asceticism in upper Egypt / edited by Elizabeth S. Bolman.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press in association with American Research Center in Egypt, [2016]
Call Numbers
GQ 2017/504
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
xxxix, 390 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans ; 32 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword / Gerry D. Scott III -- Preface / Michael Jones -- Prologue : the renaissance of the Red Monastery / Maximous El-Antony -- Introduction / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- The Red Monastery in early Byzantine Egypt / Andrew Crislip -- Pshoi and the early history of the Red Monastery / Stephen Emmel an...
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press in association with American Research Center in Egypt, [2016]
Date Published
[2016]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The Red Monastery church is the most important extant early Christian monument in Egypt’s Nile Valley, and one of the most significant of its period in the Mediterranean region. A decade-long conservation project has revealed some of the best surviving and most remarkable early Byzantine paintings known to date. The church was painted four...
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Full title
The Red Monastery church : beauty and asceticism in upper Egypt / edited by Elizabeth S. Bolman.
Portion of title
Beauty and asceticism in upper Egypt
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-376) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2016
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Call Numbers
GQ 2017/504
Record Identifier
74VKVaQJdR0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQJdR0y
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ISBN
9780300212303
DDC
704.948209623
MMS ID
991024104313402626
