The Roman and Byzantine Orient at the Louvre.
South Acts| N° d'inventaire | 16332 |
| Format | 24.5 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 480 p., numerous color illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Arles, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782330007485 |
In September 2012, the Louvre Museum inaugurated rooms where works currently divided between several departments will now be housed: Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Oriental Antiquities, Egyptian and Nubian Antiquities, from the 1st century until the Arab conquest – and later even for Coptic Egypt under Arab domination – the common point between all these works being Roman domination, the beginnings of the Christian era and Eastern religions. The new section of the museum therefore brings together objects on a basis less conditioned by the history of art than by the fact of civilization, and provides the opportunity to publish a catalog, richly illustrated and written by the best specialists in the subject, exhaustively bringing together the collections of Roman Egypt and the Orient and the Coptic collections of the museum.
In September 2012, the Louvre Museum inaugurated rooms where works currently divided between several departments will now be housed: Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Oriental Antiquities, Egyptian and Nubian Antiquities, from the 1st century until the Arab conquest – and later even for Coptic Egypt under Arab domination – the common point between all these works being Roman domination, the beginnings of the Christian era and Eastern religions. The new section of the museum therefore brings together objects on a basis less conditioned by the history of art than by the fact of civilization, and provides the opportunity to publish a catalog, richly illustrated and written by the best specialists in the subject, exhaustively bringing together the collections of Roman Egypt and the Orient and the Coptic collections of the museum.