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Sinai

Author : Kōnstantinos A. Manaphēs
Publisher : Ekdotiki Athinon
ISBN 13 : 9789602131589
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Sinai by : Kōnstantinos A. Manaphēs

Download or read book Sinai written by Kōnstantinos A. Manaphēs and published by Ekdotiki Athinon. This book was released on 1990 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt

Author : Helen C. Evans
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588391094
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt written by Helen C. Evans and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2004 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 Treasures of the Monastery of Saint Catherine

Author : Corinna Rossi
Publisher : White Star Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Treasures of the Monastery of Saint Catherine written by Corinna Rossi and published by White Star Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Ladder of Divine Ascent

Author : Saint John (Climacus)
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809123308
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book The Ladder of Divine Ascent written by Saint John (Climacus) and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai

Author : George H. Forsyth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780472330003
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai written by George H. Forsyth and published by . This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai

Author : Jill Kamil
Publisher : American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN 13 : 9789774242557
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book The Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai written by Jill Kamil and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Holy Image, Hallowed Ground

Author : Robert S. Nelson
Publisher : Getty Trust Publications: J. P
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Holy Image, Hallowed Ground written by Robert S. Nelson and published by Getty Trust Publications: J. P. This book was released on 2006 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isolated in the remote Egyptian desert, at the base of Mount Sinai, sits the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the Christian world. The Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai holds the most important collection of Byzantine icons remaining today. This catalogue, published in conjuction with the exhibition Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from November 14, 2006, to March 4, 2007, features forty-three of the monastery's extremely rare--and rarely exhibited--icons and six manuscripts still little-known to the world at large. The exhibition and catalogue bring to life the central role of the icon in Byzantine religious practices. Themes include the icon's status as holy object, the ways in which the icon sanctified the place of worship, and the monks' quest for the holy. The Greek Orthodox monastery at Mount Sinai not only functioned as a major pilgrimage site for centuries but was also a cultural crossroads at the center of the shifting sands of ecclesiastical and secular politics. The accompanying essays explore how the monastery's contact with the outside world, through pilgrimage, resulted in aesthetic exchanges between the monastery and Coptic, Crusader, and Islamic art; and between the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic communities in Europe.

Mount Sinai

Author : George Manginis
Publisher : Haus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1910376515
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Mount Sinai written by George Manginis and published by Haus Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mountain peak above Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt, Mount Sinai is best known as the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments in the biblical Book of Exodus. Mount Sinai brings this rich history to light, exploring the ways in which the landscape of Mount Sinai’s summit has been experienced and transformed over the centuries, from the third century BCE to World War I. As an important site for multiple religions, Mount Sinai has become a major destination for hundreds of visitors per day. In this multifaceted book, George Manginis delves into the natural environment of Mount Sinai, its importance in the Muslim tradition, the cult of Saint Catherine, the medieval pilgrimage phenomenon, modern-day tourism, and much more. Featuring notes, a bibliography, and illustrations from nineteenth-century travelers’ books, this deft blend of historical analysis, art history, and archaeological interpretation will appeal to tourists and scholars alike.

The Monastery of Saint Catherine

Author : Oriana Baddeley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Monastery of Saint Catherine written by Oriana Baddeley and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Arts and Crafts of Literacy

Author : Andrea Brigaglia
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110541645
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Arts and Crafts of Literacy written by Andrea Brigaglia and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa has questioned the long-standing approach of Africa as a continent only characterized by orality and legitimately assigned to the continent the status of a civilization of written literacy. However, most of the existing studies mainly aim at serving literary and historical purposes, and focus only on the textual dimension of the manuscripts. This book advances on the contrary a holistic approach to the study of these manuscripts and gather contributions on the different dimensions of the manuscript, i.e. the materials, the technologies, the practices and the communities involved in the production, commercialization, circulation, preservation and consumption. The originality of this book is found in its methodological approach as well as its comparative geographic focus, presenting studies on a continental scale, including regions formerly neglected by existing scholarship, provides a unique opportunity to expand our still scanty knowledge of the different manuscript cultures that the African continent has developed and that often can still be considered as living traditions.

The Seven Spiritual Weapons

Author : Catherine of Bologna
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610974956
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Seven Spiritual Weapons written by Catherine of Bologna and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-18 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Catherine of Bologna, much venerated in her own city, has been little known outside of her native region but interest in her is now increasing. The outline of her life is clear and her own work, The Seven Spiritual Weapons, tells a good deal about her inner experiences and early years in the cloister. The introduction to this translation situates her life in the history of Ferrara and Bologna and studies how the external history of the community impinged on Catherine's own religious experience and how it was interwoven with her successful struggle against depression.

The Monastery of Saint Catherine

Author : Giovanna Magi
Publisher : Casa Editrice Bonechi
ISBN 13 : 9788847615281
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book The Monastery of Saint Catherine written by Giovanna Magi and published by Casa Editrice Bonechi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Picturing Russia

Author : Valerie Ann Kivelson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300119615
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Picturing Russia written by Valerie Ann Kivelson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can Russian images and objects—a tsar’s crown, a provincial watercolor album, the Soviet Pioneer Palace—tell us about the Russian people and their culture? This wide-ranging book is the first to explore the visual culture of Russia over the entire span of Russian history, from ancient Kiev to contemporary, post-Soviet society. Illustrated with more than one hundred diverse and fascinating images, the book examines the ways that Russians have represented themselves visually, understood their visual environment, and used visual images in social and political contexts. Expert contributors discuss images and objects from all over the Russian/Soviet empire, including consumer goods, architectural monuments, religious icons, portraits, news and art photography, popular prints, films, folk art, and more. Each of the concise and accessible essays in the volume offers a fresh interpretation of Russian cultural history. Putting visuality itself in focus as never before, Picturing Russia adds an entirely new dimension to the study of Russian literature, history, art, and culture. The book enriches our understanding of visual documents and shows the variety of ways they serve as far more than mere illustration.

Approaching the Holy Mountain

Author : Sharon E. J. Gerstel
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Approaching the Holy Mountain written by Sharon E. J. Gerstel and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium

Author : Veronica della Dora
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107139090
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Landscape, Nature, and the Sacred in Byzantium written by Veronica della Dora and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores Byzantine perceptions of creation and different types of natural environments, and the principles underpinning such perceptions.

The Sisters of Sinai

Author : Janet Soskice
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307272346
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Sisters of Sinai written by Janet Soskice and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agnes and Margaret Smith were not your typical Victorian scholars or adventurers. Female, middle-aged, and without university degrees or formal language training, the twin sisters nevertheless made one of the most important scriptural discoveries of their time: the earliest known copy of the Gospels in ancient Syriac, the language that Jesus spoke. In an era when most Westerners—male or female—feared to tread in the Middle East, they slept in tents and endured temperamental camels, unscrupulous dragomen, and suspicious monks to become unsung heroines in the continuing effort to discover the Bible as originally written.

Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery

Author : Sr. Deborah Harmeling
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738590622
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery written by Sr. Deborah Harmeling and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Presents a pictorial history of the community in Covington and Villa Hills, the schools and hospitals where the sisters worked, and the familiar faces of those who were a part of it all"--Page 4 of cover.