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Elena Ene D-Vasilescu, "The Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai and the Romanians", Revue des Études Sud-Est Européennes [Journal of South-East European studies], XLVII, 1–4, 2009, pp. 75–87; Weitzmann, K. (1976). The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai: The Icons, Volume I: From the Sixth to the Tenth Century. Princeton: Princeton ...
Furthermore, the location of St. Catherine's in the rocky desert of Sinai, far away from any major trade or military route, kept the religious art housed within the monastery away from raiders as well as conquering armies. [20] Today, the monastery houses more than 2,000 icons, dating from the sixth century to modern times. [21]
The Ladder of Divine Ascent or Ladder of Paradise (Κλῖμαξ; Scala or Climax Paradisi) is an important ascetical treatise for monasticism in Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism, written by John Climacus in c. 600 AD at Saint Catherine's Monastery; it was requested by John, Abbot of the Raithu monastery.
The listed area includes the highest mountains in the Protectorate, including Mount Sinai and the Saint Catherine's Monastery. In September 2001 a delegation from ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) conducted a site review and the site and their recommendations are included in the listing memorandum. A site visit by IUCN, the ...
The Ladder of Divine Ascent, Saint Catherine's Monastery. The Ladder of Divine Ascent is a late-12th-century Christian icon in the monastery of Saint Catherine, located at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. [1] [2]
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. One at Kurbinovo in North Macedonia, dated 1191, and the icon at Lagoudhere on Cyprus, dated 1192. [1]
The monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai, from the south. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849. Iconographic Collections
Charnel House at Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai The Chapel of Bones in Évora, Portugal Skulls in the still-used Hallstatt charnel house. After a short burial in the limited cemetery space, the bones are transferred and relatives decorate the skulls of their loved ones with names and flowers that are symbolic of some characteristic, such as love or bravery.