The Red Monastery church : beauty and asceticism in upper Egypt /

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"The Red Monastery church is the most important extant early Christian monument in Egypt&#x;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 Byzantin...

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Main Authors: Bolman, Elizabeth S., 1960- (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Crislip, Andrew T (Andrew Todd) (Author)
Corporate Author: American Research Center in Egypt
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press in association with American Research Center in Egypt, [2016]
Subjects:
Dayr al-Anbā Bishāy (Sūhāj, Egypt)
Dayr al-Anbā Bishāy (Sūhāj, Egypt)
Architecture, Byzantine > Egypt > Sūhāj
Architecture, Byzantine > Egypt > Sūhāj
Art, Byzantine > Egypt > Sūhāj
Art, Byzantine > Egypt > Sūhāj
Christian antiquities > Egypt > Sūhāj
Christian antiquities > Egypt > Sūhāj
Coptic art > Egypt > Sūhāj
Coptic art > Egypt > Sūhāj
Coptic church buildings > Egypt > Sūhāj
Coptic church buildings > Egypt > Sūhāj
Coptic monasteries > Conservation and restoration > Egypt > Sūhāj
Coptic monasteries > Conservation and restoration > Egypt > Sūhāj
Coptic monasteries > Egypt > Sūhāj > History
Coptic monasteries > Egypt > Sūhāj > History
Coptic mural painting and decoration > Egypt > Sūhāj
Coptic mural painting and decoration > Egypt > Sūhāj
Monasteries > Egypt > Sūhāj > History
Monasteries > Egypt > Sūhāj > History
Religious architecture > Egypt > Sūhāj
Religious architecture > Egypt > Sūhāj
Antiquities
Architecture, Byzantine
Art, Byzantine
Christian antiquities
Conservation and restoration
Coptic art
Coptic church buildings
Coptic monasteries
Coptic mural painting and decoration
History
Monasteries
Religious architecture
Sūhāj (Egypt) > Antiquities
Sūhāj (Egypt) > Antiquities
Egypt
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Gerry D. Scott III
  • Preface / Michael Jones
  • Prologue : the renaissance of the Red Monastery / Maximous El-Antony
  • Introduction / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Part I. The Red Monoastery and its church. The Red Monastery in early Byzantine Egypt / Andrew Crislip
  • Pshoi and the early history of the Red Monastery / Stephen Emmel and Bentley Layton
  • "The possessions of our poverty" : beauty, wealth, and asceticism in the Shenoutean federation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Liturgy and ritual practice in the Shenoutean federation / Ugo Zanetti and Stephen J. Davis
  • The type of the triconch basilica / Dale Kinney
  • Architectural survey / Nicholas Warner
  • Architectural sculpture / Dale Kinney
  • Part II. Early Byzantine paintings in the Red Monastery church. Artistic working practice and the second-phase ornamental program / William Lyster
  • A staggering spectacle : early Byzantine aesthetics in the triconch / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • The iconography of salvation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Figural styles, Egypt, and the early Byzantine world / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Ascetic ancestors, identity and genealogy / Elizabeth S. Bolman and Agnieszka Szymańska
  • Textual aesthetics : dipinti and the early Byzantine epigraphic habit / Paul C. Dilley
  • Preparation of the eucharist : paintings in the side chambers / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Part III. A diachronic view of the Red Monastery. An eclipsed history : toward a framework for the medieval history of the Red Monastery / Mark N. Swanson
  • A medieval flourishing at the White Monastery Federation : material culture / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Inscribed identities : prosopography of the Red and White Monasteries in the early Byzantine and medieval periods / Paul C. Dilley
  • "A strange jumble of Roman detail" : western explorers and antiquarians at the Red Monastery, 1673-1926 / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • Wall painting conservation at the Red Monastery church / Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and Emiliano Ricchi
  • Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Appendix 1. The Greek and Coptic inscriptions in the Red Monastery church / Paul C. DIlley
  • Appendix 2.Numbering system and drawings
  • Foreword / Gerry D. Scott III
  • Preface / Michael Jones
  • Prologue : the renaissance of the Red Monastery / Maximous El-Antony
  • Introduction / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Part I. The Red Monoastery and its church. The Red Monastery in early Byzantine Egypt / Andrew Crislip
  • Pshoi and the early history of the Red Monastery / Stephen Emmel and Bentley Layton
  • "The possessions of our poverty" : beauty, wealth, and asceticism in the Shenoutean federation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Liturgy and ritual practice in the Shenoutean federation / Ugo Zanetti and Stephen J. Davis
  • The type of the triconch basilica / Dale Kinney
  • Architectural sruvey / Nicholas Warner
  • Architectural sculpture / Dale Kinney
  • Part II. Early Byzantine paintings in the Red Monastery church. Artistic working practice and the second-phase ornamental program / William Lyster
  • A staggering spectacle : early Byzantine aesthetics in the triconch / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Foreword / Gerry D. Scott III
  • Preface / Michael Jones
  • Prologue : the renaissance of the Red Monastery / Maximous El-Antony
  • Introduction / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Part I. The Red Monoastery and its church. The Red Monastery in early Byzantine Egypt / Andrew Crislip
  • Pshoi and the early history of the Red Monastery / Stephen Emmel and Bentley Layton
  • "The possessions of our poverty" : beauty, wealth, and asceticism in the Shenoutean federation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Liturgy and ritual practice in the Shenoutean federation / Ugo Zanetti and Stephen J. Davis
  • The type of the triconch basilica / Dale Kinney
  • Architectural survey / Nicholas Warner
  • Architectural sculpture / Dale Kinney
  • Part II. Early Byzantine paintings in the Red Monastery church. Artistic working practice and the second-phase ornamental program / William Lyster
  • A staggering spectacle : early Byzantine aesthetics in the triconch / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • The iconography of salvation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Figural styles, Egypt, and the early Byzantine world / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Ascetic ancestors, identity and genealogy / Elizabeth S. Bolman and Agnieszka Szymańska
  • Textual aesthetics : dipinti and the early Byzantine epigraphic habit / Paul C. Dilley
  • Preparation of the eucharist : paintings in the side chambers / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Part III. A diachronic view of the Red Monastery. An eclipsed history : toward a framework for the medieval history of the Red Monastery / Mark N. Swanson
  • A medieval flourishing at the White Monastery Federation : material culture / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Inscribed identities : prosopography of the Red and White Monasteries in the early Byzantine and medieval periods / Paul C. Dilley
  • "A strange jumble of Roman detail" : western explorers and antiquarians at the Red Monastery, 1673-1926 / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • Wall painting conservation at the Red Monastery church / Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and Emiliano Ricchi
  • Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Appendix 1. The Greek and Coptic inscriptions in the Red Monastery church / Paul C. DIlley
  • Appendix 2.Numbering system and drawings
  • 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 and Bentley Layton
  • "The possessions of our poverty" : beauty, wealth, and asceticism in the Shenoutean federation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Liturgy and ritual practice in the Shenoutean federation / Ugo Zanetti and Stephen J. Davis
  • The type of the triconch basilica / Dale Kinney
  • Architectural survey / Nicholas Warner
  • Architectural sculpture / Dale Kinney
  • Artistic working practice and the second-phase ornamental program / William Lyster
  • A staggering spectacle : early Byzantine aesthetics in the triconch / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • The iconography of salvation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Figural styles, Egypt, and the early Byzantine world / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Ascetic ancestors, identity and genealogy / Elizabeth S. Bolman and Agnieszka Szymańska
  • Textual aesthetics : dipinti and the early Byzantine epigraphic habit / Paul C. Dilley
  • Preparation of the eucharist : paintings in the side chambers / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • An eclipsed history : toward a framework for the medieval history of the Red Monastery / Mark N. Swanson
  • A medieval flourishing at the White Monastery Federation : material culture / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Inscribed identities : prosopography of the Red and White Monasteries in the early Byzantine and medieval periods / Paul C. Dilley
  • "A strange jumble of Roman detail" : western explorers and antiquarians at the Red Monastery, 1673-1926 / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • The Comité : conserving the Red Monastery Church in the early twentieth century / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • Wall painting conservation at the Red Monastery church / Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and Emiliano Ricchi
  • Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • 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 and Bentley Layton
  • "The possessions of our poverty" : beauty, wealth, and asceticism in the Shenoutean federation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Liturgy and ritual practice in the Shenoutean federation / Ugo Zanetti and Stephen J. Davis
  • The type of the triconch basilica / Dale Kinney
  • Architectural survey / Nicholas Warner
  • Architectural sculpture / Dale Kinney
  • Artistic working practice and the second-phase ornamental program / William Lyster
  • A staggering spectacle : early Byzantine aesthetics in the triconch / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • The iconography of salvation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Figural styles, Egypt, and the early Byzantine world / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Ascetic ancestors, identity and genealogy / Elizabeth S. Bolman and Agnieszka Szymańska
  • Textual aesthetics : dipinti and the early Byzantine epigraphic habit / Paul C. Dilley
  • Preparation of the eucharist : paintings in the side chambers / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • An eclipsed history : toward a framework for the medieval history of the Red Monastery / Mark N. Swanson
  • A medieval flourishing at the White Monastery Federation : material culture / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Inscribed identities : prosopography of the Red and White Monasteries in the early Byzantine and medieval periods / Paul C. Dilley
  • "A strange jumble of Roman detail" : western explorers and antiquarians at the Red Monastery, 1673-1926 / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • The Comité : conserving the Red Monastery Church in the early twentieth century / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • Wall painting conservation at the Red Monastery church / Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and Emiliano Ricchi
  • Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • 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 and Bentley Layton
  • "The possessions of our poverty" : beauty, wealth, and asceticism in the Shenoutean federation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Liturgy and ritual practice in the Shenoutean federation / Ugo Zanetti and Stephen J. Davis
  • The type of the triconch basilica / Dale Kinney
  • Architectural survey / Nicholas Warner
  • Architectural sculpture / Dale Kinney
  • Artistic working practice and the second-phase ornamental program / William Lyster
  • A staggering spectacle : early Byzantine aesthetics in the triconch / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • The iconography of salvation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Figural styles, Egypt, and the early Byzantine world / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Ascetic ancestors, identity and genealogy / Elizabeth S. Bolman and Agnieszka Szymańska
  • Textual aesthetics : dipinti and the early Byzantine epigraphic habit / Paul C. Dilley
  • Preparation of the eucharist : paintings in the side chambers / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • An eclipsed history : toward a framework for the medieval history of the Red Monastery / Mark N. Swanson
  • A medieval flourishing at the White Monastery Federation : material culture / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Inscribed identities : prosopography of the Red and White Monasteries in the early Byzantine and medieval periods / Paul C. Dilley
  • "A strange jumble of Roman detail" : western explorers and antiquarians at the Red Monastery, 1673-1926 / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • The Comité : conserving the Red Monastery Church in the early twentieth century / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • Wall painting conservation at the Red Monastery church / Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and Emiliano Ricchi
  • Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • 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 and Bentley Layton
  • "The possessions of our poverty" : beauty, wealth, and asceticism in the Shenoutean federation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Liturgy and ritual practice in the Shenoutean federation / Ugo Zanetti and Stephen J. Davis
  • The type of the triconch basilica / Dale Kinney
  • Architectural survey / Nicholas Warner
  • Architectural sculpture / Dale Kinney
  • Artistic working practice and the second-phase ornamental program / William Lyster
  • A staggering spectacle : early Byzantine aesthetics in the triconch / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • The iconography of salvation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Figural styles, Egypt, and the early Byzantine world / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Ascetic ancestors, identity and genealogy / Elizabeth S. Bolman and Agnieszka Szymańska
  • Textual aesthetics : dipinti and the early Byzantine epigraphic habit / Paul C. Dilley
  • Preparation of the eucharist : paintings in the side chambers / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • An eclipsed history : toward a framework for the medieval history of the Red Monastery / Mark N. Swanson
  • A medieval flourishing at the White Monastery Federation : material culture / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Inscribed identities : prosopography of the Red and White Monasteries in the early Byzantine and medieval periods / Paul C. Dilley
  • "A strange jumble of Roman detail" : western explorers and antiquarians at the Red Monastery, 1673-1926 / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • The Comité : conserving the Red Monastery Church in the early twentieth century / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • Wall painting conservation at the Red Monastery church / Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and Emiliano Ricchi
  • Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • The iconography of salvation / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Figural styles, Egypt, and the early Byzantine world / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Ascetic ancestors, identity and genealogy / Elizabeth S. Bolman and Agnieszka Szymańska
  • Textual aesthetics : dipinti and the early Byzantine epigraphic habit / Paul C. Dilley
  • Preparation of the eucharist : paintings in the side chambers / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Part III. A diachronic view of the Red Monastery. An eclipsed history : toward a framework for the medieval history of the Red Monastery / Mark N. Swanson
  • A medieval flourishing at the White Monastery Federation : material culture / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Inscribed identities : prosopography of the Red and White Monasteries in the early Byzantine and medieval periods / Paul C. Dilley
  • "A strange jumble of Roman detail" : western explorers and antiquarians at the Red Monastery, 1673-1926 / Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
  • Wall painting conservation at the Red Monastery church / Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and Emiliano Ricchi
  • Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • Appendix 1. The Greek and Coptic inscriptions in the Red Monastery church / Paul C. DIlley
  • Appendix 2.Numbering system and drawings

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