Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt
Title | Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Helen C. Evans |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Icons, Byzantine |
ISBN | 1588391094 |
"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 Archbishop Damianos of Sinai and the essay on the Holy Monastery by Helen C. Evans augment the powerful and dramatic photographs of the site, some of them from the Monastery's archives"--Jacket.
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
Title | The Ladder of Divine Ascent PDF eBook |
Author | Saint John (Climacus) |
Publisher | Paulist Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780809123308 |
John Climacus (c. 579-649) was abbot of the monastery of Catherine on Mount Sinai. His Ladder was the most widely used handbook of the ascetical life in the ancient Greek Church.
Sinai
Title | Sinai PDF eBook |
Author | Kōnstantinos A. Manaphēs |
Publisher | Ekdotiki Athinon |
Pages | 399 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789602131589 |
The Holy Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai has been characterized by scholars as the most celebrated of the world's monasteries, while in the conscience of the Orthodox peoples it was and remains the most revered and longed-for focus of pilgrimage after the Holy Places. In the course of the Monastery's fifteen centuries of uninterrupted life, and despite the great difficulties faced in the midst of alien peoples, not only has St. Catherine's managed to maintain the Orthodox faith intact and provide the Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate with pre-eminent figures of Asceticism, but it also secured special privileges from the Prophet Mohammed and, at a later date, from popes of Rome and leaders of both the East and West. The Monastery thus proved itself a great spiritual hearth of Hellenism, rendering the most distinguished service to monasticism, Orthodoxy, the Church and the Greek people. At the same time, the Monastery acquired international fame as a unique centre of Byzantine icon painting. Here the specialist may study the uninterrupted development of this art from the 6th century up till the present day. Furthermore, the Monastery also developed its own Sinaitic school of icon painting with its own stylistic techniques and 'Sinaitic' subject matter. Examples of this school's work are encountered not only in icons but also in illuminated manuscripts of the calligraphic and chrysographic workshop of the Monastery's world-famous Library. The Monastery of Sinai, moreover, surrounded as it is by the fortification walls built by its founder, the Emperor Justinian, and isolated in the inhospitable desert, was through the centuries a secure haven for invaluable works of art sent from all corners of the Earth as devout offerings of the faithful. Byzantine, Post-Byzantine and Modern Greek works representing all types of ecclesiastical art make up the artistic treasures of the Monastery.
The Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai
Title | The Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai PDF eBook |
Author | Jill Kamil |
Publisher | American Univ in Cairo Press |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789774242557 |
The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai
Title | The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai PDF eBook |
Author | George H. Forsyth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1973-01-01 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780472330003 |
Approaching the Holy Mountain
Title | Approaching the Holy Mountain PDF eBook |
Author | Sharon E. J. Gerstel |
Publisher | Brepols Publishers |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
The first comprehensive study of the monastery of St Catherine at Mt Sinai in its full historical, art historical, and religious dimensions, the nineteen collected essays in Approaching the Holy Mountain provide a unique view of the longest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. As an important pilgrimage site, Sinai enjoyed an international reputation in the Middle Ages. The monastery also benefited from regional connections to Egypt and the Holy Land. The essays in this volume examine the pilgrims, monks, artists, builders, and scholars who came to the mountain and left their marks on the monastery and its holdings, as well as the image of the monastery that was promoted outside of Sinai. Because of its dry, isolated location in the Sinai desert, the monastery possesses the world's greatest collection of Byzantine icons. These icons have been celebrated in highly popular exhibitions in Athens, London, St Petersburg, New York, and Los Angeles, few longer studies of the icons have been attempted. In this volume authors investigate icons from the sixth to the sixteenth centuries and offer new interpretations of their meaning, provenance, and function. Essays also explore celebrated illuminated Byzantine manuscripts in the library of St Catherine's, pilgrim's accounts of the monastery, a recently excavated early church on the summit of Mt Sinai, liturgy at Sinai during the first Christian millennium, the influence of Sinai on later paintings and engravings, and the recent history of Sinai studies. The result is a significant advance in our understanding of one of the most important centres of early Christianity.
The Treasures of the Monastery of Saint Catherine
Title | The Treasures of the Monastery of Saint Catherine PDF eBook |
Author | Corinna Rossi |
Publisher | White Star Publishers |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Dating back to 324 AD, when a community of monks requested a chapel to be built on the spot where they believed the Burning Bush had stood, the monastery of St. Catherine has remained an oasis of peace for centuries. Today, it is a place of international pilgrimage, housing the most extensive collection of Greek Orthodox icons in the world. Granted unprecedented access to this holy site, photographer Araldo De Luca and author Corinna Rossi take readers inside the walls of this sacred place, revealing its peerless artistic, historical, and religious legacy through superb photographs and an authoritative text that incorporates the most recent research and discoveries. Presented in a handsome slipcase and featuring a preface by Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, the archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church, this is a book to be cherished by art lovers and anyone interested in our historical and religious heritage.