EditorialArch with Running Vines, Leaves, and Fruit, 6th century, Said to be from Egypt, Bawit, Limestone, Sculpture, This remarkably well-preserved arch may once have been set over a doorway at the Monastery of Apa Apollo in Bawit, Egypt. Pomegranates and othe...
EditorialEscena en la que una mujer sentada parace hacer encaje de bolillos mientras mira a un ni?o que, a su vez, se?ala con una de sus manos a un hombre que tambi?n tiene uno de sus brazos extendidos hacia el menor, En la parte superior central del lienzo apa...
EditorialEscena en la que una mujer sentada parace hacer encaje de bolillos mientras mira a un ni?o que, a su vez, se?ala con una de sus manos a un hombre que tambi?n tiene uno de sus brazos extendidos hacia el menor, En la parte superior central del lienzo apa...
EditorialPapyrus. Cairo, AD 749. Papyrus; the text is written at right angles to the fibres in an uneven, ligatureless hand. Letter from Martha to her son Apa Julius. She sends greetings from several others and desires him to come to her. See: W.E. Crum, Catalo...
EditorialArch with Running Vines, Leaves, and Fruit, 6th century, Said to be from Egypt, Bawit, Limestone, Sculpture, This remarkably well-preserved arch may once have been set over a doorway at the Monastery of Apa Apollo in Bawit, Egypt. Pomegranates and othe...
EditorialCorner Block from a Frieze with a Meander Pattern of Lines and Rosettes, 6th century, Said to be from Egypt, Bawit, Limestone; carved in relief, H. 5 7/8 in. (15 cm), Sculpture, The monastic community of Bawit, founded in the 300s by Apa (Father) Apoll...
EditorialFragment of a Door Jamb with Geometric and Vegetal Motifs, 5th?6th century, Found Egypt, Bawit, Limestone; traces of paint on plaster, H. 34 1/4 in. (87 cm), Sculpture, The monastic community of Bawit, founded in the 300s by Apa (Father) Apollo at a sm...
EditorialDoor Post with Grapevine Emerging from a Chalice, 6th?7th century, Found/excavated Egypt, Saqqara, Limestone; carved, H. 25 9/16 in. (65 cm), Sculpture, In the 500s Apa (Father) Jeremias founded a Coptic monastery at Saqqara, the ancient Egyptian necro...
EditorialFragmentary Painted Panel with a Saint, 6th?7th century, Made in Egypt, Bawit, Wood; carved, originally painted, H. 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm), Wood, The saint stands with upraised hands in the orant (prayer) pose. It is not known if he represents Apa (Fathe...
EditorialStele of Apa Moses, 3rd?7th century, Found Egypt, Rifeh, Limestone; inscribed, H. 14 15/16 in. (38 cm), Sculpture, Funerary stelae from the Byzantine period in Egypt are thought to have been produced in quantity, then modified for individual use. Inscr...
EditorialCapital, 6th?7th century, Found Egypt, Saqqara, Limestone, H. 12 3/16 in. (31 cm), Sculpture, In the 500s Apa (Father) Jeremias founded a Coptic monastery at Saqqara, the ancient Egyptian necropolis (cemetery) of the city of Memphis, near the oldest py...
EditorialFragment of a Frieze, 5th?6th century, Attributed to Egypt, Bawit, Limestone; carved in relief, H. 11 13/16 in. (30 cm), Sculpture, The monastic community of Bawit, founded in the 300s by Apa (Father) Apollo at a small village, grew to consist of numer...
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