In the end, Gillian Spalding-Stracey has produced a handy book, which facilitates critical reflection on the social contexts in which crosses were designed and used and on the methodological challenges facing scholars interested in late antique Egyptian visual culture.

Gillian Spalding-Stracey. The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt. Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity, 19. Brill, 2020.

From Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). Review by Joseph Sanzo, University of Venice