Some Icons from St, Catherine monastery

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6TH-CENTURY HOT WAX ICON Saint Peter , a 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

Transcript of Some Icons from St, Catherine monastery

6TH-CENTURY HOT WAX ICON

Saint Peter ,a 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai

Moses and the burning bush. Loca sancta icon from the 12th

The oldest known icon of Christ 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery

Crucifixion, 13th century

Holy doors Annunciation (The Holy Doors) from Saint Catherine's Monastery,

Madonna and Child, 13th century Mary and the child depicted as a hodegetria. Tesselated icon in monumental style, early 13th century

13th century Byzantine icon of 

St. Michael, the Archangel

The Transfiguration of Christ: Part of an iconostasis in Constantinople style. Middle of the 12th century

A panorama of St Catherine's