Abstract

The aim of this study is to focus on the different figures of Jesus Christ which appear in the decoration of many Coptic objects displayed in the Coptic Museum in Cairo and in other important archeological museums in Europe and the in United States of America. On the following notes, I’ll deal also with many of the Christological scenes which are seen on the interior walls of the monasteries and churches built in Old Cairo, Wadi Natrun, the Red Sea and Sohag. Furthermore, the purposed for which this study is prepared is to describe and to analyze some important examples of Coptic artistic collections made out of ivory, metal, stone and wood in addition to Coptic manuscripts, icons and wall paintings to well understand and to get more details about the different attitudes of the Savior and his depictions in the Coptic artistic decoration.

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