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Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books

Acts and Epistles This is an illuminated manuscript written in minuscule script, and ornamental initials …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses

Annunciation The composition highlights the Incarnation, focusing on the Holy Spirit descending “in …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Annunciation The central door of the Holy Bema, called the Beautiful Gate in …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses

Apostle Peter A Constantinopolitan work of art, and one of the earliest depictions of …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Archangel Michael, Mother of God, Christ, and Archangel Gabriel Icons associated with worship, such as the icons of the Great Deesis …

Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Artoklasia for the blessing of the loaves The Artoklasia is a service held at the end of Vespers on …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses

Ascension The composition of this icon contains some unusual elements; even though Christ …

Manuscripts and Crosses

Basket for the storage of scrolls This basket is made of vertical, wooden battens around which thin strips …

Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Benediction and Exaltation cross The populated scenes of the Dodecaorton, six on each face, the Tree …

Ottoman Documents

Berat of Sultan Mahmud I A berat or nesan (“edict” or privilege title) issued for the Monastery …

Liturgical Life and Gold Embroidery

Buckle Perforated floral ornaments of various sizes are arranged on a gold-leaf covered …

Manuscripts and Crosses

Canonarion - Anthology of Prayers This Canonarion contains Supplicatory and other Canons to the Holy Trinity, Jesus …

Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Casket with engraved figures This casket in the shape of a basilica could well be the …

Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Chalice with embossed figures Form, iconography and style all indicate that this forceful work of art …

Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Chalice, gift of King Charles VI of France This luxurious chalice was a gift to Sinai by King Charles VI …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses

Christ Pantokrator Christ stands in front of an apse, beyond which the distant sky …

Saint Catherine

Christ as High Archpriest with Saints John Chrysostom and Basil The central composition is based on the Deesis scene. The two priests …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses

Christ on throne Christ is identified as Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate, according to …

Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books

Christian Topography by Cosmas Indicopleustes The text was originally composed between the years 547 and 549 in …

Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Church shaped casket, offering of Georgios, Bishop of Radauți (Moldavia) When the deacon is censing the church, he usually holds an empty …

Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

Church shaped censer, offering of Roxandra Lăpuşneanu This censer is decorated with architectural forms which were preferred by Gothic …

Manuscripts and Crosses

Codex Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus was written in the mid-fourth century in Biblical majuscule …

Manuscripts and Crosses

Codex Sinaiticus Syrus, or Codex Syriacus 30 The first writing of the codex was executed in the early fifth …

Ottoman Documents

Copy of Ahdname that Mohamed, Prophet of Islam, granted to the monks … This is a copy of the decree (Ahdname) that Mohamed, Prophet of …

Ottoman Documents

Copy of the translation from Arabic in Turkish of the Αhdname that … The monks of Mount Sinai Monastery requested a copy of the “decree” …

Manuscripts and Crosses

Cross with pierced inscription This cross is most probably part of a group of lights from …

Manuscripts and Crosses

Cross with verse from Exodus and scenes of the delivery of the … An inscription of Exodus verses dominates this monumental cross; at the same …

Byzantine Icons – Theotokos (Mother of God)

Crucifixion Double-sided icons are usually intended to be used in religious processions (litanies). …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses

Crucifixion Christ is suspended on the cross, between the two brigands, dressed in …

Byzantine Icons – Prophet Moses

Crucifixion with saints Christ on the cross is portayed naked here, except for the translucent …

Modern History

Decree of Napoleon Βonaparte assuring the privileges of the Monastery οf Sinai During his stay in Egypt (July 24, 1798, to February 1, 1799), …

Manuscripts and Crosses

Door reused in the Library by Archbishop Nikephoros Marthalis The door probably originates from Cairo and can be dated to the …

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