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2. Christ Pantocrator (Sinai) - Wikipedia

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   Christ Pantocrator (Sinai) Christ Pantocrator of Saint Catherine's Monastery is one of the oldest Byzantine religious icons, dating from the 6th century AD. [1] The earliest known surviving depiction of Jesus Christ as Pantocrator (literally ruler of all), it is regarded by historians and scholars among the most important and recognizable works ...

3. Theotokos of Tikhvin - Wikipedia

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   The icon is kept at the Tikhvin Assumption Monastery, where it was kept prior to 1917. [4] Most of the icon, except the exposed skin of Jesus and Mary (the two faces and necks, both sets of hands, and the feet of Jesus), is normally covered by a chased frame of precious metals and jewels .

4. Icon of the Annunciation, St. Catherine's Monastery - Wikipedia

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   The Annunciation icon is an example of the late Komnenian-era style and was likely produced in Constantinople. The icon, tempera on wood, is one of the largest icons on display at Saint Catherine's Monastery, at 61 cm high and 42.2 cm wide. Very similar Annunciation icons exist to help establish the date of the Sinai icon.

5. Saint Catherine's Monastery - Wikipedia

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   The monastery was an important centre for the development of the hybrid style of Crusader art, and retains over 120 icons created in the style, by far the largest collection in existence. Many were evidently created by Latins, probably monks, based in or around the monastery in the 13th century.

6. Trinity (Andrei Rublev) - Wikipedia

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   142 cm × 114 cm (56 in × 45 in) Location. Old Katholikon of the Trinity Lavra, Sergiyev Posad. The Trinity (Russian: Троица, romanized: Troitsa, also called The Hospitality of Abraham) is an icon created by Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the early 15th century. [1] It is his most famous work [2] and the most famous of all Russian ...

7. Acheiropoieta - Wikipedia

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   Acheiropoieta (Medieval Greek: αχειροποίητα, 'made without hand'; singular acheiropoieton) — also called icons made without hands (and variants) — are Christian icons which are said to have come into existence miraculously; not created by a human. Invariably these are images of Jesus or the Virgin Mary. The most notable examples ...