Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt : a photographic essay /

"In this book the Monastery and its buildings are presented in many newly commissioned color photographs: included are views of the richly decorated sanctuary of the sixth-century church as well as images of the world's most outstanding collection of icons. The Introduction by His Eminence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, Helen C.
Other Authors: White, Bruce, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Haven : Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai ; Yale University Press, ©2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / by Damianos of Sinai
  • The Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine on the God-trodden Mount Sinai / by Helen C. Evans
  • Photographic essay / by Bruce White
  • The God-Trodden Mount Sinai
  • The Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine
  • The Emperor Justinian's Church
  • Icons: Images of the Holy
  • Celebrations of Great Feasts of the Church.