First phase: the collation of Monastic sites in
Egypt, starting with the Fayoum and Assiut areas.
Collection of data to include:
- Photographs
- Satellite
images
- Floor
plans
- Wall
paintings
- Icons
- Texts
and references
- Historical
sources
- Archaeology
- Film
and audio
- Interviews
Second phase: Collation of Coptic churches
for database inclusion.
Methodology:
Collate information from contacts and sources to
include:
- On
site information (interviews, films photographs)
- Contacting
Monastic sites requesting permission for material
- Collation
of material from Coptic authors, such as Gabrat and Grossman etc
- Internet
resources and references
- Coptic
museum in Cairo for any reference material
- Contact
Coptic office in Cairo
Progress will be uploaded on the website at regular
intervals, In addition, a paper will be given early 2008 at the 4th International Symposium of the
St. Mark Foundation for Coptic History Studies, to be held at Naqada Egypt.
The progress and development methodology of the Coptic sites database will be presented at this conference.
