THE CHRISTIAN DECORATIVE ELEMENTS IN THE TULUNID PERIOD (254-292 A. H./868-905 A. D.)

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After the Arab conquest of Egypt that took place in 21 A. H./641-642 A. D., the Copts continued to be skillful in several administrative and economic affairs in addition to so many crafts, professions and industries like woodwork, pottery and textiles. That’s why some Christian decorative elements appeared in the decoration of some of the Islamic artistic collections dating back to the Umayyad and the $´l´n¥dperiods. For this reason, the researcher was interested to study these Christian elements in the $´l´n¥dperiod to analyze its symbolic value in the Christian Egyptian art and in order to know the Coptic art influence on the Islamic art during this era.