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The Cave Church of Paul the Hermit - At the Monastery of St. Paul in Egypt (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,117
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The Cave Church of Paul the Hermit - At the Monastery of St. Paul in Egypt (Hardcover): William Lyster

The Cave Church of Paul the Hermit - At the Monastery of St. Paul in Egypt (Hardcover)

William Lyster

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The Coptic Monastery of St. Paul by the Red Sea grew up around the cave where Paul, the first Christian hermit, lived in solitude. The cave served as a shrine in late antiquity, became a church in the middle ages, and expanded again in the early modern period. This visually and intellectually exciting book chronicles the history of a series of devotional paintings in the Cave Church. It explores how the monastic community commissioned painting twice in the church in the 13th century, during one of the greatest eras of Coptic art, and how one of the monks painted it again in the 18th century, helping to inaugurate a Coptic renaissance after centuries of decline. The foundation of this volume is a wall painting conservation project sponsored by the American Research Center in Egypt. The book also sets the art and architecture of the Cave Church in its historical context and examines the role of the Monastery of St. Paul as part of the sacred geography of Christian Egypt through time. Published in association with the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: August 2008
First published: July 2008
Editors: William Lyster
Dimensions: 305 x 254 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-11847-6
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Religious buildings
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious institutions & organizations > Religious communities & monasticism
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious institutions & organizations > Religious communities & monasticism
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LSN: 0-300-11847-3
Barcode: 9780300118476

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