Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Coptic Museum
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Accession Number:
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152304
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module ONE--5,893 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Central part of the west elevation, detail of the left side
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Date of View:
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00/00/00
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Image description:
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The main door of the museum is in a handsome limestone facade that bears a great resemblance to the facade of the Mosque of al-Aqmar. This is an evocation of the creative relationship between the Copts and their Muslim rulers during the Fatimid period.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module ONE
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Culture:
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Egyptian (modern)
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Subject:
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Coptic Church
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Subject:
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Art museums
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Work Types:
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Architecture; cultural / educational buildings; museums
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Preferred Title:
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Coptic Museum
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Agent Display:
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unknown (Egyptian (modern))
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Date:
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1910-1947 (creation)
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Materials:
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stone
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Locations:
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Cairo, Urban, Egypt
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Twentieth century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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