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Title: Hisn
Alternative Title: The Coptic encyclopedia, volume 4
Creator: Grossmann, Peter
Contributor: Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988 (editor-in-chief)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1991
Publication Information: Macmillan
Claremont Graduate University. School of Religion
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia
Rights Information: Copyright 1991 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: cce00929.pdf
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cce/id/981
Language: English
Subject: Hisn
Architecture
Monasteries
Monks
Coptic Church
Churches
Cenobites
Pachomius, Saint
Pachomian monasticism
Nubia
Dayr Anbā Shinūdah (Sūhāj, Egypt : Province)
Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
Sinai, Mount (Egypt)
Hermits
Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, ca. 250-355 or 6
Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai)
Source: The Coptic encyclopedia, volume 3, (CE:1237a-1237b). Originally published in print by Macmillan, reproduced with permission.
Relation: Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cce

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