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Crux gemmate – notes

5th-6th century Coptic curtain, wool on linen.

Minneapolis Institute of Art inv. no. 83.126

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6th century wall painting from the Kellia Monastery, Egypt

1. photo from wiki [link]

2. 3. 4. The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers in Egypt. An Archaeological Approach In: Orientalisches Christentum Author: Georges Descœudres [link]

5. The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt Author: Gillian Spalding-Stracey [link]

6. http://www.touregypt.net

https://citydesert.wordpress.com/page/172/
https://slideplayer.com/amp/13846976/
Coptic art

http://ldysinger.stjohnsem.edu/@texts/0400_apophth/02_nit-kel-scet.htm

https://egyptology.yale.edu/expeditions/current-expeditions/yale-monastic-archaeology-project-north-ymap-north/kellia-and-pherme

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325844480_The_monastic_landscape_of_late_antique_Egypt_An_archaeological_reconstruction

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The_Monasteries_and_Monks_of_Nubia.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwimo-Wz_7_0AhVlSfEDHQrdBbs4ChAWegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw0J2MMjIks5JG4LnpUCwcN4

https://www.doaks.org/resources/textiles/essays/thomas

https://copticliterature.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/notes-on-saint-theodore-the-egyptian-4-saint-theodore-the-egyptian-painting-from-the-monastery-of-the-martyrs-at-esna/amp/

https://www.staff.usc.edu.eg/uploads/f57bf1fca5d18c622710a59f4129e21e.pdf

https://coptic-wiki.org/funerary-aspects-in-the-paintings-from-the-apollo-monastery-at-bawit?amp