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Autore |
Jirjis Majdī |
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Titolo |
An Armenian artist in Ottoman Egypt [[electronic resource] ] : Yuhanna al-Armani and his Coptic icons / / Magdi Guirguis ; photographs by Nabil Mankabadi |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cairo, Egypt ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-61797-101-4 |
1-936190-60-5 |
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Edizione |
["A Friends of Armenian Culture ed."] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (159 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Coptic icons |
Icons, Armenian - Egypt - Cairo |
Icon painting - Egypt - History |
Armenians - Egypt - History |
Electronic books. |
Cairo (Egypt) Intellectual life |
Egypt Civilization 638-1798 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-121) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""The Background""; ""Icon-painting in Eighteenth-century Egypt""; ""Egyptian Icons before Yuhanna al-Armani""; ""The Armenian Community in Egypt""; ""A Biographical Sketch of Yuhanna al-Armani""; ""The Known Works of Yuhanna al-Armani""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Appendix 3""; ""Plates Description""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Guirguis, an independent scholar in Cairo, has written an account of an icon painter who decorated several churches in 18th-century Cairo, with attention to the broader context of the Armenian community there, including its relationship to the Coptic community. |
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