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Record Number:
6953
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Hunt , Lucy-Anne.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Fine Incense of Virginity: A Late Twelfth Century Wallpainting of the Annuciation at the Monastery of the Syrians, Egypt
Source:
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 19, ( 1995): Pages 182 - 232.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Art History- Painting
Byzantium
Egypt
Iconography
Mary, Virgin, Saint- Annunciation in Art
Scetis (Wadi al-Natrun), Egypt- Monastery of the Syrians (Dayr al-Suryan), Church of the Virgin
Virginity
Women in Art
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Northern Africa
Century:
12
Primary Evidence:
Painting; Scetis (Wadi al-Natrun), Egypt-Monastery of the Syrians (Dayr al-Suryan), Church of the Virgin, Annunciation.
Illustrations:
Twenty illustrations. Six photographs of details from the paintings in the Church of the Virgin, Dayr al-Suryan. Two diagrams of the Church of the Virgin. Six details of paintings from other churches. Four illustrations from manuscripts. One mosaic. One cathedral portal sculpture.
Table:
Abstract:
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1995.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
03070131