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Syrian Influences On Coptic Art

SYRIAN INFLUENCES ON COPTIC ART Numerous factors were favorable to an influence from Christian Syria upon Coptic art: relative proximity, a common tendency to the eremitic life and to monasticism, the accentuation of the relationship through being cut off from the rest of the Christian world after the Muslim conquest, and more particularly the foundation …

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Dayr Anba Bishoi (Scetis)

Places / By Arsanious Adel

DAYR ANBA BISHOI (Scetis) History This is one of the surviving ancient monasteries in SCETIS (modern Wadi al-Natrun). There is no historically reliable information on its foundation, but on the basis of what little is known of the earliest monastic establishments in Scetis, it may be surmised that it grew from a settlement, or laura, …

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Sahlan Ibn ‘Uthman Ibn Kaysan

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

SAHLAN IBN ‘UTHMAN IBN KAYSAN A tenth-century Melchite physician of Misr (Old Cairo) and the brother of Abu Sahl KAYSAN IBN ‘UTHMAN. He served the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt, and reached the peak of his fame under the reign of al-‘Aziz (975-996). He died at Old Cairo, very rich and highly respected, in 991. Ibn …

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Islamic Influences On Coptic Art

Heritage / By Armia FAYEZ

ISLAMIC INFLUENCES ON COPTIC ART The effects of Islam on Coptic art from the Muslim conquest of Egypt onward. There can be no absolute appraisal of such one-sided artistic development, for ever since the conquest, there has been an interaction of Muslim and Coptic art. Techniques developed by Muslim craftsmen, such as luster painting in …

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Abu Al-Makarim

Eminent / By Youssef Matta

ABU AL-MAKARIM Al-Shaykh al-Mu’taman Abu al-Makarim Sa‘d-Allah Jirjis ibn Mas‘ud was a priest of the Coptic church with the title of qummus (HEGUMENOS) who lived in the thirteenth century. He is best known as the author of the famous work entitled Tarikh al-Kana’is wa-al-Adyirah (History of Churches and Monasteries), which he is known to have …

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