Coptic art

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Fabric with the Depiction of the Three Graces. Place of origin: Egypt Date: A.D. 5th - 6th century Medium: Linen and wool

[wapnica]

[coptin]

Saint Anthony in the Desert.

[rev-artistry]

Egypt's Coptic Christians are being slandered, humiliated and murdered

"They burnt the house and went in and dragged me out, threw me in front of the house and ripped my clothes," recounted 70-year-old Souad Thabet. "I

[coptin]

:-(

[upennmanuscripts]

LJS102, f. 2r: Virgin and Child with archangels Michael and Gabriel, 20th c. Ethiopian manuscript.

Account of Creation by the Trinity (Zena nagaromu, f. 1r), followed by hymns (f. 20v, 29v, 38r, 47v, 60r, 85v). Notes added in a different hand in the top margin (indications of day of the week for readings) and at the end of some hymns (f. 38v, 59v); some erased rubrics supplied in blue ink by a modern hand (for example, f. 31r, 40v, 51v, 85v). In addition to the brown thread markers in the upper outer corners of 3 illuminations (f. 36r, 71r, 100r), 2 leaves have a bit of magenta fiber threaded through their side margins (f. 76, 85), which may have served as another form of finding tab.

http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/LJSchoenbergManuscripts/html/ljs102.html

The other leaves are, in order: Crucifixion with Mary and John, f. 36r; Saint George and the dragon, f. 71r; Christ and the Virgin in majesty, f. 100r; text with decorated border, f. 1r.

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The oldest known depiction of Jesus as Christ Pantokrator (Christ the all-powerful, or ruler of the universe) - St. Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, Egypt, c. 500s AD.

The asymmetry of Christ’s face, with slightly different features on each side, represents the hypostatic union: the unison of Christ’s two natures - one human and one divine - in one, single hypostasis (substance, being, or individual existence).

[centuriespast]

Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

creator

Ethiopian

nationality

Ethiopian

location

Private Collection

[phyllissaysgo]

Coptic Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.

[rclinkdump]

A Coptic Monument To Survival, Destroyed

The Church of the Virgin Mary, one of the oldest temples of worship for Egyptian Christians, has…

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[coptin]

:( May God have mercy on them...

[wanderingthroughliving]

From Pope Shenouda’s Burial Room at St Bishoy Monastery, Wadi el-Natrun

[timesasymptom]

Hos erof ari hou-o chasf sha ni eneh Meaning: Praise Him and exalt Him above all forever

This hymn is sung during the Midnight Praises in the Coptic Orthodox Church.  The almost endless repetition during some parts in the middle reflects the word ‘forever’ in the hymn, signifying that the glory of God is everlasting.

[coptin]

Wonder what the Pyramids have to do with the Coptic universe... Still, the music is fascinating.

[whereyourbrokennessleadsyou]

He who is accustomed to leaving all things in God’s hand, is accustomed to seeing God’s hand in all things.

HH Pope Shenouda III (via whereyourbrokennessleadsyou)

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Tunic

Dated back to 6th–7th century Found in Egypt during the Byzantine period and is Coptic in style… Made of Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave Dimensions are 6 5/16 in. high 5 1/16 in. wide (16 cm high 12.9 cm wide)

[allegorys]

[coptin]

It's definitely coptic, but... anybody know where it is?!

[centuriespast]

Panel portrait of a man

Late 3rd to early 4th century AD

Deir el-Bahri, Naville excavations, 1893-94

The Louvre

[egyptonward]

The Hanging Church, Coptic Cairo (Marc Briz, 2012).

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Coptic Monks in Palestine, 1900-1920

[coptin]

Virgin feeding the Child, 7. century fresco, Church of the Holy Virgin, Syrians monastery, Wadi Al-Natroun, Egypt