15.3 White and Red Monastery churches, circa 1798

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Description: White and Red Monastery churches, circa 1798

TitleWhite and Red Monastery churches, circa 1798

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1802

Object typePrint

LocationDenon, "Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte," 1802, vol. 2, pl. X

SubjectsArchitecture--Conservation and restorationArchitecture, Byzantine--Egypt

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Chapter 15. An Eclipsed History: Toward a Framework for the Medieval History of the Red Monastery

Mark N. Swanson

The Red Monastery Church: Beauty and Asceticism in Upper Egypt

In their excellent entry on the history of the Red Monastery in The Coptic Encyclopedia, René-Georges Coquin and Maurice Martin made the astute comment that “this monastery always remained in the shadow of its celebrated neighbor [the White Monastery], so much so that its history is somewhat eclipsed...

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Mark N. Swanson

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.193-201

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00359.15

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23738&redirecttoanchor=102577

Chapter subject tags:Red Monastery church, Sohag, EgyptArchitecture, Byzantine--EgyptDecoration and ornament, ByzantineCoptic inscriptionsByzantine Empire--Church history

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