Project Status: Complete

Offers a description and photos of St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai, as well as images of some of its architecture, icons, mosaics, murals, engraving, metalwork, woodcarving, embroidery, and manuscripts, including the partial Codex Sinaiticus. Also includes a bibliography of publications by the Mount Sinai Foundation.

Resource details:

Resource Type: BibliographyImagesManuscripts/FacsimilesModern

License: No Fee

Modern Language: English

Medieval content details:

Dates: 300 - 1600

Subject: ArtByzantiumChurch FathersCrusadesIconographyManuscript StudiesMaterial CultureMilitary OrdersMonasticismMonksMuslims, IslamPietyTravel, Pilgrimage

Type/Genre of Medieval Primary Source Material: ArchitectureArt and ArtifactsMaterial EvidenceMetalworkMonasteriesMosaicsPaintingsReligious ObjectsWoodwork

Geopolitical Region: AfricaEgypt