New York. Metropolitan musuem of art · New York [The Gilliss press · leaf 176
A HANDBOOK OF THE EGYPTIAN ROOMS Conventual life seems to have had its origin in Egypt.Very early, individuals retired to the desert to leada life of prayer and meditation. After a time, thehermits in one locality would unite in a brotherhood.By the fifth century there existed strong monasteriesin…
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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