| Egyptian Journal of Archeological and Restoration Studies

Authors:
Elnabarawy, R. ¹ , Abdelmoatey, A ¹ . & Abdelaziz, N. <sup>2

1</sup> Islamic Archaeology dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt
² PhD Student Islamic Archaeology dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt

Abstract:
The Bible boxes, which are called Bishara boxes, are considered one of the distinctive pieces that fall within the Coptic metal artifacts because of their artistic and religious reflection, as a copy of the Bible is kept inside them. Where the priest carries it during that, and it has always been characterized by repeated decorative themes throughout the era, it was concerned with scenes from the life of Christ such as the crucifixion or resurrection, and the appearance of Christ as a child with his mother, in addition to some writings from the Bible that were ment-ioned repeatedly. This piece, which is being studied and published for the first time, is unique in its decorative composition and the themes. It has an importance in Coptic metalwork particularly and during the f Muhammad Ali's dynasty (1220-1366 AH/1805-1952 AD.) in general. This paper provides a descriptive and analytical study of a model of those important artifacts. It is one of the few studies on artifacts with important Christian significance dated back to the modern age (14th century AH/20th century AD).

Keywords:
Coptic art Coptic metalworks Bisharah boxes Church Coptic painting

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