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Chapter 19. The Comité: Conserving the Red Monastery Church in the Early Twentieth Century
Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
Description: The Red Monastery Church: Beauty and Asceticism in Upper Egypt
The Red Monastery Church: Beauty and Asceticism in Upper Egypt
In 1909 the church of the Red Monastery was subjected to the first documented restoration project in its history, which was carried out by the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe (fig. 19.1). This body, established by Khedive Tawfiq (r. 1879–1892) in...
Author
Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2016 by American Research Center in Egypt, Inc.
Related print edition pages: pp.243-259
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00359.19
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23742
Chapter subject tags:Red Monastery church, Sohag, EgyptArchitecture, Byzantine--EgyptDecoration and ornament, ByzantineArchitecture--Conservation and restoration

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Chapter 19. The Comité: Conserving the Red Monastery Church in the Early Twentieth Century