Coptic Churches of Egypt
Name of text: | Coptic Churches of Egypt |
Author of text: | Alfred J. Butler |
Date of text: | 1884 |
Date of person in text: | |
Name of structure in text: | Abu-Sargah Church |
Type of structure in text: | Church |
Date of structure in text | 8th century |
Century of structure 1: | 8 AD |
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Country in text: | Egypt |
Region in text: | |
City in text: | Cairo |
Specific place of mosaic in text: | Niche in centre of apse |
Description of mosaic in text: | NicheĀ surrounded by a design of coloured marbles, and spandrels inlaid with fine mosaic with coloured marbles and mother-of-pearl |
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Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
Colour descriptions in text: | |
Bibliography: | Butler, Alfred J., The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt, 2 vols(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1884), vol. 1, pp. 196-7 |
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Comments: | NB No glass. |