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Yuhanna al-Armani has long been known by historians of Coptic art as an eighteenth-century Armenian icon painter who lived and worked in Ottoman Cairo. Here for the first time is an account of his life that looks beyond his artistic production to place him firmly in the social, political, and economic milieu in which he moved and the confluence of interests that allowed him to flourish as a painter. Who was Yuhanna al-Armani? What was his network of relationships? How does this shed light on the
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- Author
- Magdi Guirguis, Nelly Hanna
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789774161520
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- History, Buddhism, Judaism
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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