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Informationen zum Autor Gawdat Gabra is the former director of the Coptic Museum and the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books on the history and culture of Egyptian Christianity, including The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo (AUC Press, 2011) and Coptic Civilization: Two Thousand Years of Christianity in Egypt (AUC Press, 2014). He is currently visiting professor of Coptic studies at Claremont Graduate University, California. Hany Takla is the founding president of the Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society. Klappentext Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Aswan region of Upper Egypt and in what was once Nubia, from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in Aswan and Nubia over the past centuries. Vorwort The legacies of the Coptic Christian presence in Aswan and Nubia from the fourth century to the present day Zusammenfassung Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Aswan region of Upper Egypt and in what was once Nubia, from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in Aswan and Nubia over the past centuries. The complexity of Christian identity in Nubia, as distinct from Egypt, is examined in the context of church ritual and architecture. Many of the studies explore Coptic material culture: inscriptions, art, architecture, and archaeology; and language and literature. The archaeological and artistic heritage of monastic sites in Edfu, Aswan, Makuria, and Kom Ombo are highlighted, attesting to their important legacies in the region. Inhaltsverzeichnis Language and Literature Coptic Ostraca from Hagr Edfu Anke Ilona Blöbaum Imagining Macedonius, the First Bishop of Philae James E. Goehring Apa Hidra in Difnar Nashaat Mekhaiel Christianity on Philae Samuel Moawad The Indexing of Manuscripts of the Monastery of the Great Saint Pachomius in Edfu Fr. Angeleous el-Naqlouny Beginnings of Christianity in Nubia Siegfried G. Richter A Foreshadowing of the Desert Spirituality in Ancient Nubia and Upper Egypt Ashraf Alexandre Sadek Contested Frontiers: Southern Egypt and Northern Nubia, AD 300–1500: The Evidence of the Inscriptions Jacques van der Vliet The Veneration of the Saints in Aswan and Nubia Youhanna Nessim Youssef Art, Archaeology and material Culture Dayr al-Kubbaniya: Review of the Documentation on the ‘Isisberg’ Monastery Renate Dekker The Development of the Church at Dayr Anba Hadra: A Study of the Plasterwork and Dated Inscriptions Renate Dekker An Updated Plan of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawa Renate Dekker The Christian Wall Paintings from the Temple of Isis at Aswan Revisited Jitse H.F. Dijkstra and Gertrud J.M. van Loon The Monastic Life in Makuria Wlodzimierz Godlewski Christian Aswan in the Modern Era and the History of Its Cathedral Metropolitan Hidra The Word and the Flesh Karel C. Innemée The Ascension Scene in the Apse of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawwa: A Comparative Study Mary Kupelian The Nubian Marble Object Preserved in Dayr al-Surian in Wadi al-Natrun Bishop Martyros The Digital 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Monastic Church Qubbat al-Hawa Howard Middleton-Jones Coptic Objects in the Aswan and Nubia Museums Atif Naguib Sources for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagr Edfu Elisabeth O’Connell Christianity in Kom Ombo Adel Sadek Identification of the Monastery of Nubians in Wadi al-Nat...
