Coptic binding
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Coptic binding or Coptic sewing comprises methods of bookbinding employed by early Christians in Egypt, the Copts, and used from as early as the 2nd century AD to the 11th century. The term is also us
Simple Coptic binding (model)
Detail of Coptic-style sewing (model)
Copts
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Copts are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to Egypt who have inhabited the area of modern Egypt since antiquity. They, like the broader Egyptian population, are descended from the ancient Egypt
Coptic binding
…Coptic binding or Coptic sewing comprises methods of bookbinding employed by early Christians in Egypt, the Copts, and used from as early as the 2nd century AD to the 11th century. The term is also used to describe modern bindings sewn in the same style. Coptic…
Faiyum mummy portrait of an Egyptian man with sword belt, Altes Museum
Coptic icon of St. Mark
The Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo
Egyptian Coptic monks at the American Colony, Jerusalem, between 1898 and 1914