The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and some Neighbouring Countries
| Name of text: | The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and some Neighbouring Countries |
| Author of text: | Abu Salih |
| Date of text: | early thirteenth century |
| Date of person in text: | twelfth to thirteenth century |
| Name of structure in text: | Church of the Apostles, Monastery of Al-Kusair [Qusair/Qusayr] |
| Type of structure in text: | Church |
| Date of structure in text | Monastery founded by Arcadios [395-408] |
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| Country in text: | Egypt |
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| City in text: | Al-Kusair [Qusair/Qusayr] |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | Walls |
| Description of mosaic in text: | The church of the Apostles or Disciples, in which there was a picture of the Lady, carrying the Lord, with angels on the right and on the left, and pictures of all the twelve disciples, the whole being composed of tesserae of glass, and skilfully executed, as at Bethlehem and some of these glass tesserae were gilded and some were coloured. |
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| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | Yes |
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| Bibliography: | Abu Salih, the Armenian, The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and some Neighbouring Countries, trans. by B. T. A. Evetts (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1895), pp. 148-50 |
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