Christianity and Monasticism in Aswan and Nubia

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 Treasures of Coptic Art (AUC Press, 2006) and The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo (AUC Press, 2011). He is currently visiting professor of Coptic studies at Claremont Graduate University, California.Hany N. Takla is the founding president of the Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society.

• Language and LiteratureCoptic Ostraca from Hagr EdfuAnke Ilona BlöbaumImagining Macedonius, the First Bishop of PhilaeJames E. GoehringApa Hidra in DifnarNashaat MekhaielChristianity on PhilaeSamuel MoawadThe Indexing of Manuscripts of the Monastery of the Great Saint Pachomius in EdfuFr. Angeleous el-NaqlounyBeginnings of Christianity in NubiaSiegfried G. RichterA Foreshadowing of the Desert Spirituality in Ancient Nubia and Upper Egypt Ashraf Alexandre SadekContested Frontiers: Southern Egypt and Northern Nubia, AD 300–1500: The Evidence of the InscriptionsJacques van der VlietThe Veneration of the Saints in Aswan and NubiaYouhanna Nessim YoussefArt, Archaeology and material CultureDayr al-Kubbaniya: Review of the Documentation on the ‘Isisberg’ MonasteryRenate DekkerThe Development of the Church at Dayr Anba Hadra: A Study of the Plasterwork and Dated InscriptionsRenate DekkerAn Updated Plan of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-HawaRenate DekkerThe Christian Wall Paintings from the Temple of Isis at Aswan RevisitedJitse H.F. Dijkstra and Gertrud J.M. van LoonThe Monastic Life in MakuriaWłodzimierz GodlewskiChristian Aswan in the Modern Era and the History of Its CathedralMetropolitan HidraThe Word and the FleshKarel C. InneméeThe Ascension Scene in the Apse of the Church at Dayr Qubbat al-Hawwa: A Comparative StudyMary KupelianThe Nubian Marble Object Preserved in Dayr al-Surian in Wadi al-NatrunBishop MartyrosThe Digital 3D Virtual Reconstruction of the Monastic Church Qubbat al-HawaHoward Middleton-JonesCoptic Objects in the Aswan and Nubia MuseumsAtif NaguibSources for the Study of Late Antique and Early Medieval Hagr EdfuElisabeth O’ConnellChristianity in Kom OmboAdel SadekIdentification of the Monastery of Nubians in Wadi al-NatrunFr. Bigoul al-SurianyMonneret de Villard (1881–1954) and NubiaFr. Awad WadiPreservationThe Conservation of the Mural Paintings of Anba Hatra MonasteryAshraf Nageh