. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. (il. —Syrhiii Carvol ( ) in iFrni], 1 )<• V,«iie) COPTIC ARCHITECTURE the widely divergent types of building we sometimes find side-by-side in the same monastery are to be explained as reflectionsof the style of conflicting local schools, or as constructions ofdifferent ages. The first characteristic of Coptic churches that strikes thestudent is their small and unostentatious character. The Copticsect was conquered and oppressed, if not actively persec
. Medieval architecture, its origins and development, with lists of monuments and bibliographies. (il. —Syrhiii Carvol ( ) in iFrni], 1 )<• V,«iie) COPTIC ARCHITECTURE the widely divergent types of building we sometimes find side-by-side in the same monastery are to be explained as reflectionsof the style of conflicting local schools, or as constructions ofdifferent ages. The first characteristic of Coptic churches that strikes thestudent is their small and unostentatious character. The Copticsect was conquered and oppressed, if not actively persecuted,before their architecture reached its maturity; — a fact to beread in the dark, small churches, approached through tortuouspassages, and often externally quite hidden from sight by sur-rounding buildings. Even in the great desert monasteries,hundreds of miles from the nearest settlements, the exterior isalways as inconspicuous as possible. The second characteristic was induced by the peculiar cli-mate of Egypt. The heat and blinding sunlight of the desertmade the generous lighting
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