The memory of the eyes : pilgrims to living saints in Christian late antiquity / Georgia Frank.

The desert a city : an introduction to the study of Egyptian and Palestian monasticism under the Christian Empire / by Derwas J. Chitty.

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Monasticism and religious orders - Egypt - History

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The memory of the eyes : pilgrims to living saints in Christian late antiquity / Georgia Frank.

The desert a city : an introduction to the study of Egyptian and Palestian monasticism under the Christian Empire / by Derwas J. Chitty.