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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| Author: |
Jirjis Majdī
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| Title: |
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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| Publisher: | Cairo, Egypt ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2008 |
| Designation of edition : | "A Friends of Armenian Culture ed." |
| Physical description: | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| Dewey: | 755.2 |
| Topical subject: | Coptic icons |
| Icons, Armenian - Egypt - Cairo | |
| Icon painting - Egypt - History | |
| Armenians - Egypt - History | |
| Geographic Subject: | Cairo (Egypt) Intellectual life |
| Egypt Civilization 638-1798 | |
| Subject (Genre / Form): | Electronic books. |
| Other authors: |
MankabadiNabil
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| General notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-121) and index. |
| Formatted content note: | ""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"" |
| Summary, etc: | 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. |
| Preferred title for the work: | An Armenian artist in Ottoman Egypt |
| ISBN: | 1-61797-101-4 |
| 1-936190-60-5 | |
| Format: | Language material  |
| Bibliographic level | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459897903321 |
| You will find it: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Check copies here |