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Further Reading:

Coptic Art

  • Aidan Hart, Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting: Egg Tempera, Fresco, Secco

  • AndrĂ© Grabar, Christian Iconography: A Study of Its Origins

  • Carolyn Ludwig (ed.), The Churches of Egypt: From the Journey of the Holy Family to the Present Day

  • Carolyn Ludwig (ed.), The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo: Its Fortress, Churches, Synagogue, and Mosque

  • Christian Cannuyer, Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile

  • Elizabeth S. Bolman, Monastic Visions: Wall Paintings in the Monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea

  • Elizabeth S. Bolman, The Red Monastery Church: Beauty and Asceticism in Upper Egypt

  • Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla, Christianity and Monasticism in Alexandria and the Egyptian Deserts

  • Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla, Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia

  • Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla, Christianity and Monasticism in Middle Egypt

  • Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla, Christianity and Monasticism in Northern Egypt: Beni Suef, Cairo, and the Nile Delta

  • Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla, Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt: Volume 1

  • Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla, Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt: Volume 2

  • Gawdat Gabra and Marianne Eaton-Krauss, The Illustrated Guide to the Coptic Museum and Churches of Old Cairo

  • Gawdat Gabra and Marianne Eaton-Krauss, The Treasures of Coptic Art

  • Gawdat Gabra, Cairo: The Coptic Museum & Old Churches

  • Gawdat Gabra, Christianity and Monasticim in the Fayoum Oasis

  • Gawdat Gabra, Coptic Civilization: Two Thousand Years of Christianity in Egypt

  • Gawdat Gabra, Coptic Monasteries: Egypt's Monastic Art and Architecture

  • Klaus Wessel, Coptic Art in Early Christian Egypt

  • Leonid Ouspensky and Vladimir Lossky, The Meaning of Icons

  • Leonid Ouspensky, Theology of the Icon: Volume One

  • Leonid Ouspensky, Theology of the Icon: Volume Two

  • M. Gerspach, Coptic Textile Designs: 144 Egyptian Designs from the Early Christian Era

  • Magdi Guirguis, An Armenian Artist in Ottoman Egypt

  • Massimo Capuani, Christian Egypt: Coptic Art and Monuments Through Two Millennia

  • Michel Quenot, The Resurrection and the Icon

  • Nabil Selim Atalla, Coptic Icons: Volume I

  • Nabil Selim Atalla, Coptic Icons: Volume II

  • Pierre M. du Bourguett, The Art of the Copts


Disclaimer: This list serves as a collection of various perspectives, titles, and backgrounds, and may not necessarily endorse the teaching, history, and understanding of the Coptic Orthodox Church or the views of Doss Press.

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