Architectural forms and Elements in the Coptic censer from the Fourth to the Tenth Century | ||
| The Scientific Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Alexandria University | ||
| Article 21, Volume 17, Issue 2, December 2020, Pages 336-350 PDF (1006.29 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/thalexu.2020.134670 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mamdouh Mohamed Mamdouh Osman Mamdouh* 1; Mary Mgdy Anwar KAMEL2; Heba Naeem Sami Jayed3 | ||
| 1Institute of Coptic Research and Studies - Faculty of Arts - Alexandria University | ||
| 2Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Alexandria University, Guidance departement, Alexandria , Egypt | ||
| 3Faculty of Arts - Alexandria University - Department of Greco-Roman Archeology | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Censers existed from the prehistoric ages, the ancients Egyptians had many uses to the censers, they use the censers in the religious rituals and in the ordinary life and in the funeral rituals. The Copts contain this ideal heritage so they use the censers in religious rituals and in the ordinary life and in perfuming the Tomps of them dead relatives. The censers appears in many forms in the Coptic arts like mural painting, Coptic steads, in the exiles and icons. The Study included censer which founded in Egypt from the fourth century to the tenth century. The study aim to identify the Coptic censer and the symbolism of the censer in Christianity, then we were studied the Coptic censer in form of architectural structure like domed chapel censer and censer in form of church with prymedical roof, then we were studied the architectural motives in the Coptic censers like columns, Bustle volute, Crenellations , domes, alters. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Censer; Incense; Dome; Coptic; column | ||
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