The Ancient Coptic Churches of Cairo

AUTHOR NAME 1
Raouf Habib
AUTHOR NAME ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 1
رءوف حبيب

TRANSLATED FROM
Arabic (standard)
PUBLICATION YEAR
1979

PUBLICATION COUNTRY
Egypt

LANGUAGE 1
English

GENRE 1
Mixed Genre

DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATION
Photos of sixteen old Coptic churches in Cairo. Besides this, there are images of Coptic artifacts and of various parts of the exterior and interior of these churches. In addition, one can find small, black and white illustrations (Jesus, saints, etc.)

NR OF PAGES
84

KEYWORDS
Coptic architecture , Christian architecture in Egypt , Churches of Cairo , Heritage

CITATION
Raouf Habib. The Ancient Coptic Churches of Cairo. Cairo: مكتبة المحبة (Mahabba Bookshop), 1979.

IS A TRANSLATION
Yes

FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback without ISBN

PUBLISHED BY
مكتبة المحبة (Mahabba Bookshop)

PUBLICATION CITY
Cairo

CHURCH 1
Coptic Orthodox Church

CONTENT DESCRIPTION
Overview of the old Coptic churches in Cairo. Besides the general description of the architectural style of the Cairo churches, the author provides more detailed descriptions of all listed churches, including the history of the churches and explanation of the architecture.