- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 New Ostraca from Thebes
- 2. Coptic Textual Finds from the Macquarie University Excavations at Dra Abu Al-naga (TT233)
- 3 Encomium on Pesynthios of Coptos
- 4 The ‘Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi’ and the Faw Qibli Excavations
- 5 Once More: Nabis, Bishop of ′Aidhab/Berenike<sup>1</sup>
- 6 The Life and Miracles of Abraham of Farshut Community Disaster and the Making of a Saint
- 7 Coptic Texts from Western Thebes
- 8. Pachomius as Reflected in the <i>Difnar</i>
- 9 Christianity in Dandara and Medamud
- 10 Esna Martyrs
- 11 Indexing of Manuscripts for the Churches of Naqada and Qus
- 12 Coptic Legal Documents, with Special Reference to the Theban Area
- 13 Notes On Coptic and Arabic Manuscripts Related to Upper Egypt
- 14 Epigraphy and History in the Theban Region
- 15 The Arabic <i>Lives</i> of St. Pachomius<sup>1</sup>
- 16 Athanasius of Qus and His Time
- 17 The Hermitages in the Desert of Esna
- 18 Some Coptic Reliefs Purportedly from Coptos
- 19 The Portrait of Apa Abraham of Hermonthis
- 20 The Esna Monasteries: Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri
- 21 The Coptic Monasteries Multi-media Database Project
- 22 Excavating Christian Western Thebes: A History<sup>1</sup>
- 23 The Monasteries of Naqada
- 24 Tell Al-Qubeba: An Unknown Monastic Site?
- 25 How to Save the Wall Paintings of Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri
- Bibliography
How to Save the Wall Paintings of Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri
How to Save the Wall Paintings of Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri
- Chapter:
- (p.287) 25 How to Save the Wall Paintings of Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri
- Source:
- Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt
- Author(s):
Gawdat Gabra
Hany N. Takla
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
Many activities during the last fifteen years have been carried out to discover or conserve the Coptic murals. These activities have been sponsored by Dutch, French, Polish, and American (ARCE) missions. The Monastery of St. Antony (Dayr Anba Antunius) also had a great chance for the conservation of its murals in 1992, when an Italian team made a cleaning test and discovered wonderful vivid colors. The composition of the wall paintings in the two monasteries is different. The background in Dayr al-Fakhuri is red bricks; in Dayr al-Shuhada it is mud bricks. The rendering in al-Fakhuri could be lime mortar up to a few centimeters thick, the rendering in al-Shuhada is from mud clay. As a result of renovation, some changes took place after the year 1975, and these paintings disappeared. It is difficult in any event to compare the photographs by Leroy and the current situation of the paintings.
Keywords: wall paintings, Coptic murals, Dayr al-Shuhada, Dayr al-Fakhuri, Monastery of St. Antony
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 New Ostraca from Thebes
- 2. Coptic Textual Finds from the Macquarie University Excavations at Dra Abu Al-naga (TT233)
- 3 Encomium on Pesynthios of Coptos
- 4 The ‘Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi’ and the Faw Qibli Excavations
- 5 Once More: Nabis, Bishop of ′Aidhab/Berenike<sup>1</sup>
- 6 The Life and Miracles of Abraham of Farshut Community Disaster and the Making of a Saint
- 7 Coptic Texts from Western Thebes
- 8. Pachomius as Reflected in the <i>Difnar</i>
- 9 Christianity in Dandara and Medamud
- 10 Esna Martyrs
- 11 Indexing of Manuscripts for the Churches of Naqada and Qus
- 12 Coptic Legal Documents, with Special Reference to the Theban Area
- 13 Notes On Coptic and Arabic Manuscripts Related to Upper Egypt
- 14 Epigraphy and History in the Theban Region
- 15 The Arabic <i>Lives</i> of St. Pachomius<sup>1</sup>
- 16 Athanasius of Qus and His Time
- 17 The Hermitages in the Desert of Esna
- 18 Some Coptic Reliefs Purportedly from Coptos
- 19 The Portrait of Apa Abraham of Hermonthis
- 20 The Esna Monasteries: Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri
- 21 The Coptic Monasteries Multi-media Database Project
- 22 Excavating Christian Western Thebes: A History<sup>1</sup>
- 23 The Monasteries of Naqada
- 24 Tell Al-Qubeba: An Unknown Monastic Site?
- 25 How to Save the Wall Paintings of Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri
- Bibliography
