Screen Wall or Iconostasis (Hijab) in the church that separates the sanctuary from the area of prayers.The idea of separation the sanctuary from the area of compression was started in the early church. The Arab word for screen wall (Hijab) which literally means curtains but Copts did not prefer to call it Hijab. Some scholars and historians mentioned that the term of Hijab is incorrect translation to Greek word screen wall which means the place for hanging icons its wrongly named as hijab like the hijab of sanctuary of Solomon the church neglects this name as its function was not to hide the sanctuary, the symbolism of screen wall as a part of church refer to the truth of the church as holy icon of Jerusalem it represents with icons celestial case for prayers. This study aims to show the importance of the iconostases according to the analytical descriptive method of the examined iconostases, the material they were made of. This is followed by the analytical study of what was decorated on the iconostases, the Coptic and Arabic languages that were written on the iconostases and the ways of carving on the wood and the floral and geometrical decorations that appeared on these iconostases. The most important resultsof this paper is that the panels which topped the iconostases are inscribed with Arabic and Coptic writings, it includes some biblical inscriptions, and appearance of geometrical decorations such as the cross pattern and star pattern are the main decorations of the iconostases, floral decorations like olive branches are used in the entrance of the door of the iconostases, the appearance for the new titles such as the Everlasting doors and the king of glory. And the research contains about six iconostases published for the first time.
Hemeda, H., & Mohammed, S. (2018). Six Wooden Screen Walls (Iconostases) in Assiut Churches. مجلة کلية السياحة والفنادق - جامعة مدينة السادات, 2(2), 1-30. doi: 10.21608/mfth.2018.28844
MLA
Hossam Hemeda; Shaban Mohammed. "Six Wooden Screen Walls (Iconostases) in Assiut Churches". مجلة کلية السياحة والفنادق - جامعة مدينة السادات, 2, 2, 2018, 1-30. doi: 10.21608/mfth.2018.28844
HARVARD
Hemeda, H., Mohammed, S. (2018). 'Six Wooden Screen Walls (Iconostases) in Assiut Churches', مجلة کلية السياحة والفنادق - جامعة مدينة السادات, 2(2), pp. 1-30. doi: 10.21608/mfth.2018.28844
VANCOUVER
Hemeda, H., Mohammed, S. Six Wooden Screen Walls (Iconostases) in Assiut Churches. مجلة کلية السياحة والفنادق - جامعة مدينة السادات, 2018; 2(2): 1-30. doi: 10.21608/mfth.2018.28844
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