Project status

Past

Lead organisation

The Levantine Foundation

Partners

The Deir al Surian Monastery and The Coptic Museum, Cairo.

Grant award

£101,382

Project summary

Coptic Christians within Egypt have been targets of violence and discrimination, with the Monastery as a potential target. The project team provided training in conservation methods, manuscript handling, record keeping and collection care.

Previously un-documented Coptic and Arabic manuscripts in the collection have been catalogued, alongside the conservation of some important and vulnerable ancient Syriac manuscripts.