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MONASTIC HEADDRESSES IN COPTIC ART: QASLAH OR QALANSUWA”? AN ICONOGRAPHICAL STUDY ON COPTIC ARTIFACTS FROM THE 10TH TILL THE 18TH CENTURY [PDF]
Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Sīyāḥaẗ wa Al-Fanādiq (Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Mansoura), 2022 Monastic vestment composes a fundamental and crucial part of Coptic heritage. It distinguishes the monastic life and form a distinctive image of the new monk.
Radwa Mahmoud Mostafa
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Caps and Identity: Origin and Interpretation of Phrygian Caps in Coptic Art [PDF]
International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2022 Different headdresses are introduced in Coptic art, among them; the Phrygian cap. It is a non-religious cap in Christianity. It's rarely depicted on Coptic art, but it had its origin in Sasanian, Greek, and Roman arts.
Ahmad Khalaf
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Praying Beads and Praying Ropes in Coptic Art in the Context of Coptic Heritage [PDF]
Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality, 2020 In Christianity, praying beads and praying ropes are used by pious people to keep counting their prayers. By the third century AD, these beads were mentioned in Egypt through the writings of the first Deserts Fathers. Thus, they were used in Egypt even before using the Dominican Rosary in Europe in the thirteenth century AD.
Sara Kitat
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HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS EFFECTS IN COPTIC ART [PDF]
Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2021 Historical and Religious Effects in Coptic Art [EN] Before Christianity appeared the religious state in Egypt and the Roman world included many religions, such
Ezzat Zaky Kadous
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Biblical Scenes in the Coptic Art
Античная древность и средние века, 2019 A number of subjects based on the texts of the Old Testament especially the books of the prophets were widespread in Egypt in the early Christian period as evidenced by the numerous extant monuments.
Olga Vladimirovna Osharina
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Snake's symbolism in Coptic and Islamic Art [PDF]
Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality, 2020 The snake is considered one of the important symbols of creation and good in Ancient Egyptian civilization, however, it sometimes even symbolized evil. This symbol was, furthermore, used by Coptic artists in many paintings, sculptures, and applied arts.
Radwa Omar, Mofida El Weshahy
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Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 Amidst the growth and development of different civilizations, art and architecture progressed simultaneously, shaping one another. At many times they advanced analogously.
Marianne Nabil Guirguis
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The Camel in Coptic Art an Artistic and Archaeological Study
International Journal of Heritage Tourism and Hospitality, 2020 The camel is considered one of the most important desert animals. Evidence for its presence returns to the early periods but it was not widely used as other animals in Egypt. From the 1st and 2nd dynasties camels were known among the domesticated animals such as donkeys, oxen, pigs, and other cattle, then it stopped in appearance for a period.
Sarah Halim, Mofida el Weshahy
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Coptic Christian Symbolism in Art as a Problem of Cultural Studies
Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2013 In dialogue Coptic and Russian religious culture reveals value of the symbol letter Iota, the tenth letter of the Coptic alphabet, which begins the name of Jesus Christ. Symbols of letter writing is compared with pronouncing the name of Jesus and reading
D. Y. Pozdnyakova
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A Whole World: Reading Global Byzantium Through Coptic Art [PDF]
International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2018 This paper explores the influence of the global culture of Byzantium on the social life of Egyptians in the Early Byzantine period, focusing on the appearance of common women on Coptic artefacts as one of the implications of this influence.
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