A Thousand Words: Door Panel from Cairo’s Hanging Church

This carved cedarwood panel depicting the Baptism and Annunciation of Jesus is one of a set of ten impressive iconographic panels from a door at the Holy Virgin Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, in Cairo, Egypt. Using a motif frequently employed in medieval Eastern Ort...

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Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2024, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 66
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:This carved cedarwood panel depicting the Baptism and Annunciation of Jesus is one of a set of ten impressive iconographic panels from a door at the Holy Virgin Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, in Cairo, Egypt. Using a motif frequently employed in medieval Eastern Orthodox art, the top scene shows […]
ISSN:0098-9444
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review