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« on: June 24, 2006, 10:02:29 PM »

I was wondering if anyone here in the OO forum could recommmend a really good book on Coptic Icons with lots of color plates and explanations? I would like to have it for comparison with my EO books.......

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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2006, 03:46:53 AM »

Hi, as far as I'm aware Coptic Iconography as a discipline has only really developed in the 20th century and represents more of a neo-Coptic Iconography than anything else...This renaissance in Coptic art, I believe, has originated primarily from the Coptic Iconographer Dr. Isaac Fanous...

Here are some links that may be useful:

http://www.theotokos.org/CopticIcons/index.htm
http://www.coptic.net/articles/CopticIcons.txt
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:i8yFHy6_n-UJ:www.resourcescentreonline.co.uk/Coptic%2520iconography.pdf+coptic+iconography&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=4
http://www.copticartstudio.com/
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« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2006, 09:35:28 AM »

Unfortunately, I don't think there are any books on iconography from a Coptic perspective that have been translated into english. However, I do have a short 50 page pdf document written by His Grace Bishop Daniel (Bishop of Sydney and its Affiliated Regions) entitled "The Spirituality of Icons". This document has reasonably-sized coloured depictions of many of the specific Icons that he discusses as examples depicting essential concepts and themes, but there are no full-size illustrations i'm afraid.

The file size is about 1.8 Mb, so I can't attach it to this post. If you (or anyone else for that matter) would like to PM me your email address, I can send it to your email if you're interested.

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as far as I'm aware Coptic Iconography as a discipline has only really developed in the 20th century

Not true. Coptic Iconography has gone through its various stages, like any other form of art. The 20th century merely represents one such stage.
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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2006, 05:26:34 PM »

Yes, E.A.-
  I would very much like to recicieve that attachment! And I did order the book by Fathet V.C. Samuel which you recommended. I have skimmed it and it looks like a good balanced treatment of the subject even if he is of a different opinion than I would prefer. I have a couple of books ahead of this in my "serious read"list but I will definitely put this in my future "read slow and absorb it" list. Thank you for both that recommendation and this. May the Lord bless you!

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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2006, 05:27:33 PM »

E.A.-
BTW my personal email is: studdonut@hotmail.com
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