Monks and Monasteries of the Egyptian Deserts.

Inbunden bok. The American University at Cairo Press CAIRO, EGYPT, U.A.R, . 1 uppl. 1961. 436 sidor.

Gott skick. Skyddsomslag i dåligt skick. EN UNIK KLASSIKER I ORIGINALUPPLAGA Inköpt i Alexandria 1962 (mkt välskrivet ägarnamn m årtal o inköpsort - Alexandria) vilket tillsammans med en del mycket snyggt skrivna och motiverade blyertsanteckningar och understrykningar (på svenska) huvudsakligen i bokens inledning, torde SNARARE höja bokens värde än sänka. Engelsk text. Illustrationer och kartor INTRODUCTION
1. Pre-Christian Asceticism 2. The Ascetic Element in Christianity ST. ANTONY THE ASCETE 1. The Cult of St. Antony 2. The Vita of St. Antony 3. Dair al-Maimûn 4. The Influence of St. Antony
DAIR ANBA ANTUNIUS .......... 1. The Beginning of the Monastery
2. Copts and Greeks 3. From the Eighth to the 14th Century
4. European Pilgrims Rediscover the Monastery 5. The 17th and 18th Century Travellers ..6. The 19th and 20th Century Travellers
7. The Encroachment of the World 8. Modern Asceticism at St. Antony's Monastery 9. The Monastery in the Middle of the 20th Century 10. The Caves of the Thebaid DAIR ANBA BULA
1. The Monastery and its Saint 2. The Early Pilgrims 3. The 17th and 18th Century Travellers 4. The 19th and 20th Century Travellers 5. The Monastery and its Monks in the Middle 20th Century THE VALLEY OF THE WADI ’N-NATRUN ... DAIR AL-BARAMUS . . .1.The Foundation of the Monastery 2. Heresies and Destructions 3. From the 11th to the 16th Century 4. The 17th and 18th Century Travellers 5. The 19th and 20th Century Travellers .
6. The Monastery in the Middle of the 20th Century 7. Anbâ Kîrillus VI DAIR ABU MAQAR1. Abû Maqâr and the Foundation of the Monastery 2. The Council of Chalcedon and the Story of Hilaria .
3. The Patriarchal Residence 4. The Centre of Ecclesiastical Prestige 5. From the 12th to the 16th Century . 6. The 16th and 17th Century Travellers 7. The 19th and 20th Century Travellers
8. The Monastery in the Middle of the 20th Century DAIR ANBABISHOI . 1. The Life of Anbâ Bishoî 2. The Sacks
3. From the 11th to the 16th Century 4. The 17th and 18th Century Travellers 5. The 17th, 18th, and 19th Century Cartographers
6. The 19th and 20th Century Travellers 7. The Monastery in the Middle of the 20th Century DAIR AS-SURIAN . 1. St. John Kame.. 2. The Gaianite Heresy 3. The Beginnings of the Monastery of the Syrians 4. The Growth of the Monastery 5. The Decline and Revival of the Monastery 6. The 17th and 18th Century Travellers
7. The 19th and 20th Century Travellers
8. The Monastery in the Middle of the 20th Century
DAIR AL-MUHARRAQ 1. The Holy Family in Egypt 2. The Founder of Coenobitic Monasticism 3. Several Hundred Years of Silence 4. The Monastery in the 19th and 20th