The cave church of Paul the Hermit at the monastery of St. Paul, Egypt
By: edited by William Lyster.
Contributors: Lyster, William.
Publisher: Yale University Press; American Research Center in Egypt
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven; [Cairo, Egypt]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780300118476
Subjects: Monastery of St. Paul the Hermit (Egypt); Coptic Church -- Egypt -- History; Monasteries -- Egypt; Christian antiquities -- Egypt; Church architecture -- Egypt -- History; Egypt -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-374) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preserving the past for the future : the American Research Center in Egypt / Gerry D. Scott III; title: The historical relationship between the monasteries of St. Antony and St. Paul / Maximous El-Anthony; title: In the footsteps of St. Antony / Robert K. Vincent; title: The monastery of St. Paul the Hermit / William Lyster; title: Paul the Hermit and his monastery : generation, imitation, and reception; title: Jerome's Life of Paul and the promotion of Egyptian monasticism in the West / Stephen J. Davis; title: The monastery of St. Paul in historical context / Mark N. Swanson; title: Patriarchs, archons, and the eighteenth-century resurgence of the Coptic community / Febe Armanios; title: Pilgrims, missionaries, and scholars : western descriptions of the monastery of St. Paul from the late fourteenth century to the early twentieth century / Alastair Hamilton; title: New research from the library of the monastery of St. Paul / Gawdat Gabra; title: The heritage transformed : The cave church of St. Paul; title: New archaeological evidence for the architectural development of the cave church / Peter Sheehan; title: The conservation of the mill building, refectory, and cave church / Michael Jones; title: Conservation of the wall paintings in the church of St. Paul / Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and William Lyster; title: The medieval paintings in the cave church, phase one : continuity / Elizabeth S. Bolman; title: The medieval paintings in the cave church, phase two : tradition and transformation / Elizabeth S. Bolman; title: Reviving a lost tradition : the eighteenth-century paintings in the cave church, context and iconography / William Lyster; title: Reshaping a lost tradition : the eighteenth-century paintings in the cave church, style and technique / William Lyster; title: The Coptic and Arabic inscriptions in the cave church / Gawdat Gabra; title: Conclusion / William Lyster; title: Architectural drawings of the monastery of St. Paul and the cave church / Nicholas Warner.