An Armenian artist in Ottoman Egypt [[electronic resource] ] : Yuhanna al-Armani and his Coptic icons / / Magdi Guirguis ; photographs by Nabil Mankabadi

• Autore: Jirjis Majdī
• Pubblicazione: Cairo, Egypt ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2008
• Edizione: "A Friends of Armenian Culture ed."
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 p.)
• Disciplina: 755.2
• Soggetto topico: Coptic icons; Icons, Armenian - Egypt - Cairo; Icon painting - Egypt - History; Armenians - Egypt - History
• Soggetto geografico: Cairo (Egypt) Intellectual life; Egypt Civilization 638-1798
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MankabadiNabil
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-121) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: An Armenian artist in Ottoman Egypt
• ISBN: 1-61797-101-4; 1-936190-60-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459897903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II