Cave Church of Paul the Hermit At the Monastery of St. Paul in Egypt

Name: Cave Church of Paul the Hermit At the Monastery of St. Paul in Egypt
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ISBN: 9780300118476

ISBN-10: 0300118473

ISBN-13: 9780300118476

Edition: 2008

Authors: William Lyster

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The Coptic Monastery of St. Paul by the Red Sea grew up around the cave where Paul, the first Christian hermit, lived in solitude. The cave served as a shrine in late antiquity, became a church in the middle ages, and expanded again in the early modern period. This visually and intellectually exciting book chronicles the history of a series of devotional paintings in the Cave Church. It explores how the monastic community commissioned painting twice in the church in the 13th century, during one of the greatest eras of Coptic art, and how one of the monks painted it again in the 18th century, helping to inaugurate a Coptic renaissance after centuries of decline. nbsp; The foundation of…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/6/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 1.04" wide x 1.24" long x 0.14" tall
Weight: 6.336
Language: English



Foreword: Preserving the Past for the Future: The American Research Center in Egypt



Preface: The Historical Relationship Between the Monasteries of St. Antony and St. Paul



Prologue: In the Footsteps of St. Antony



Introduction: The Monastery of St. Paul the Hermit




Paul the Hermit and His Monastery: Generation, Imitation, and Reception



Jerome's Life of Paul and the Promotion of Egyptian Monasticism in the West




The Monastery of St. Paul in Historical Context




Patriarchs, Archons, and the Eighteenth-Century Resurgence of the Coptic Community




Pilgrims, Missionaries, and Scholars: Western Descriptions of the Monastery of St. Paul from the Late Fourteenth Century to the Early Twentieth Century




New Research from the Library of the Monastery of St. Paul




The Heritage Transformed: The Cave Church of St. Paul



New Archaeological Evidence for the Architectural Development of the Cave Church




The Conservation of the Mill Building, Refectory, and Cave Church




Conservation of the Wall Paintings in the Church of St. Paul




The Medieval Paintings in the Cave Church, Phase One: Continuity




The Medieval Paintings in the Cave Church, Phase Two: Tradition and Transformation




Reviving a Lost Tradition: The Eighteenth-Century Paintings in the Cave Church, Context and Iconography




Reshaping a Lost Tradition: The Eighteenth-Century Paintings in the Cave Church, Style and Technique




The Coptic and Arabic Inscriptions in the Cave Church



Conclusion