| Description |
xv, 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Note |
Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Nov. 14, 2006-Mar. 4, 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Where God walked and monks pray / Robert S. Nelson -- Early icons of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai / Thomas F. Mathews -- The Sinai Codex Theodosianus : manuscript as icon / Justin Sinaites -- Christian pilgrimage to Sinai until the late fifteenth century / David Jacoby -- Visual piety and institutional identity at Sinai / Kristen M. Collins -- Holy image : catalogue numbers 1-19 -- Holy space : catalogue numbers 20-41 -- Holy site : catalogue numbers 42-61. |
| Subject |
Icons, Byzantine -- Exhibitions.
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine -- Exhibitions.
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Icons -- Cult -- Egypt -- Sinai, Mount.
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Icons -- Egypt -- Sinai, Mount -- Exhibitions.
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Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai) -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Nelson, Robert S., 1947-
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Collins, Kristen M.
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J. Paul Getty Museum.
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| Added Title |
Icons from Sinai |
| ISBN |
0892368551 hardcover |
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9780892368556 hardcover |
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089236856X paperback |
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9780892368563 paperback |
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