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Acts and Epistles This is an illuminated manuscript written in minuscule script, and ornamental initials …
Annunciation The central door of the Holy Bema, called the Beautiful Gate in …
Annunciation The composition highlights the Incarnation, focusing on the Holy Spirit descending “in …
Apostle Peter A Constantinopolitan work of art, and one of the earliest depictions of …
Archangel Michael, Mother of God, Christ, and Archangel Gabriel Icons associated with worship, such as the icons of the Great Deesis …
Artoklasia for the blessing of the loaves The Artoklasia is a service held at the end of Vespers on …
Ascension The composition of this icon contains some unusual elements; even though Christ …
Basket for the storage of scrolls This basket is made of vertical, wooden battens around which thin strips …
Benediction and Exaltation cross The populated scenes of the Dodecaorton, six on each face, the Tree …
Berat of Sultan Mahmud I A berat or nesan (“edict” or privilege title) issued for the Monastery …
Buckle Perforated floral ornaments of various sizes are arranged on a gold-leaf covered …
Canonarion - Anthology of Prayers This Canonarion contains Supplicatory and other Canons to the Holy Trinity, Jesus …
Casket with engraved figures This casket in the shape of a basilica could well be the …
Chalice with embossed figures Form, iconography and style all indicate that this forceful work of art …
Chalice, gift of King Charles VI of France This luxurious chalice was a gift to Sinai by King Charles VI …
Christ Pantokrator Christ stands in front of an apse, beyond which the distant sky …
Christ as High Archpriest with Saints John Chrysostom and Basil The central composition is based on the Deesis scene. The two priests …
Christ on throne Christ is identified as Emmanuel, the Word of God incarnate, according to …
Christian Topography by Cosmas Indicopleustes The text was originally composed between the years 547 and 549 in …
Church shaped casket, offering of Georgios, Bishop of Radauți (Moldavia) When the deacon is censing the church, he usually holds an empty …
Church shaped censer, offering of Roxandra Lăpuşneanu This censer is decorated with architectural forms which were preferred by Gothic …
Codex Sinaiticus The Codex Sinaiticus was written in the mid-fourth century in Biblical majuscule …
Codex Sinaiticus Syrus, or Codex Syriacus 30 The first writing of the codex was executed in the early fifth …
Copy of Ahdname that Mohamed, Prophet of Islam, granted to the monks … This is a copy of the decree (Ahdname) that Mohamed, Prophet of …
Copy of the translation from Arabic in Turkish of the Αhdname that … The monks of Mount Sinai Monastery requested a copy of the “decree” …
Cross with pierced inscription This cross is most probably part of a group of lights from …
Cross with verse from Exodus and scenes of the delivery of the … An inscription of Exodus verses dominates this monumental cross; at the same …
Crucifixion Christ is suspended on the cross, between the two brigands, dressed in …
Crucifixion Double-sided icons are usually intended to be used in religious processions (litanies). …
Crucifixion with saints Christ on the cross is portayed naked here, except for the translucent …
Decree of Napoleon Βonaparte assuring the privileges of the Monastery οf Sinai During his stay in Egypt (July 24, 1798, to February 1, 1799), …
Door reused in the Library by Archbishop Nikephoros Marthalis The door probably originates from Cairo and can be dated to the …
