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Historiography Of Coptic Art

HISTORIOGRAPHY OF COPTIC ART The notion of “Coptic Art” is relatively recent. It became established only slowly, and not surprisingly it is still used with some quite diverse meanings. In the nineteenth century, when the archaeology of the ancient civilizations was being established, it could hardly have been foreseen that a Christian minority merely tolerated …

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Saint Victor Stratelates, Or Victor The General

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

SAINT VICTOR STRATELATES, or Victor the General [This son of the Roman governor Romanus miraculously survived death three times before being marytred during the persecution under Diocletian (feast day: 27 Baramudah)] COPTIC TRADITION About Victor Statelates we have four complete accounts and several that are incomplete. The martyrdom itself was published by E. Wallis Budge …

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Coptic Liturgical Book Of Difnar

Books / By Youssef Matta

COPTIC LITURGICAL BOOK OF DIFNAR The Difnar is a collection of BOHAIRIC hymns with Arabic translation which remains a part of the contemporary liturgy of the Coptic Church. These hymns commemorate significant people in the Coptic Church or who are of importance to Christianity as a whole, as well as decisive events in the development …

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Architectural History Of The Coptic Museum

Places / By Youssef Matta

ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE COPTIC MUSEUM “Arab art has its museum; Coptic art is waiting for its own.” It is with these words that Max Herz Bey concluded a letter to Hussein Fakhry Pasha and launched the first idea of a Coptic Museum (CCMAA 15, p. 4-6). The letter dates from December 1897 and follows …

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