الفهرس 
Hand Objects and Hand Signs in Egypt; Origin and Development from Antiquity to christianityOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
In Coptic art, different hand signs and postures were reprsenetd on a wide range of pieces. In additon, many hand objects were associtaed with these hand signs. Therefore, this study is attempting basically to study the usage and the role of the hand and its attribuites in Coptic art. The study aims at shedding the light on the different hand objests.
The thesis consists of five main chapters. The first chapter discusses the origin of the hand gestures in ancient Egypt and in christianity along with the most frequently depicted hand signs in Coptic art. The second chapter discusses the Ecclesiastical hand as religious hand objects that appeared since the early period of Coptic art and explains the diversified illustrated hand gestures that appeared accompanied by the previously mentioned hand objects. The third chapter deals with Writing Hand Objects and Military Hand Objects. It speaks about the hand writing tools that appeared in the hands of the christ, the prophets and the evangelists and about the weapons that were depicted in the hands of the knight saints and Abraham the prophet. The fourth chapter talks about the other hand attributes such as the orb, the trumpet, and the souls of the righteous. The fifth chapter reviews the results that the study deduced to.