Note 10 — Chapter II
Reading edition
See Dr A. J. Butler’s Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt (i. 86-9), which for the first time presents a thorough and scholarly account of these wonderful monuments. Dr Butler’s zeal and research need no praise of mine to augment their value, but I cannot resist this opportunity of saying how grateful every one who is interested in the art of Egypt must be to his admirable and laborious investigations of every detail of Coptic antiquities. His work is the highest authority we possess on this fascinating subject, and from it much of this description is derived.