Monastic visions: wall paintings in the Monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea

Preface / Mark Easton and Robert K. Vincent, Jr.

Pt. I. St. Antony the Great

1. St. Antony the Great and the Monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea, ca. A.D. 251 to 1232/1233 / Tim Vivian

Pt. II. Church of St. Antony: Paintings and Architecture

2. Church of St. Antony: The Architecture / Michael Jones

3. Early Paintings / Elizabeth S. Bolman

4. Theodore, "The Writer of Life," and the Program of 1232/1233 / Elizabeth S. Bolman

5. Theodore's Style, the Art of Christian Egypt, and Beyond / Elizabeth S. Bolman

6. Theodore's Program in Context: Egypt and the Mediterranean Region / Elizabeth S. Bolman

7. Reflections of the Temporal World: Secular Elements in Theodore's Program / William Lyster

8. Khurus Vault: An Eastern Mediterranean Synthesis / Elizabeth S. Bolman and William Lyster

9. Conservation of the Wall Paintings in the Monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea / Adriano Luzi and Luigi De Cesaris

Pt. III. Viewer's Response: Past and Present

10. Perspectives on the Monastery of St. Antony: Medieval and Later Inhabitants and Visitors / Gawdat Gabra

11. Handwriting on the Wall: Graffti in the Church of St. Antony / Sidney H. Griffith

12. Windows into Heaven: Icons in Monastic Life Today / Maximous El-Anthony

13. In the Footsteps of the Saints: The Monastery of St. Antony, Pilgrimage, and Modern Coptic Identity / Elizabeth E. Oram

Pt. IV. Inscriptions

14. Coptic Inscriptions in the Church of St. Antony / Birger A. Pearson

Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman

Indexes of the Coptic Inscriptions

I. Names of Persons

II. Names of Places.