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The Burning Bush [with an explanatory key to the 1688 view of Sinai].
1688
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D West 43/GC096/Box 02/Normal/Saint Catherine Monastery GA 2014.00008
- Publisher
- Lwow, Poland : [s.n.], 1688/10/05.
- People
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- Author
- Nikodimos
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Art, Byzantine
- Religious art
- Christian art and symbolism—17th century
- Christianity and art—Orthodox Eastern Church—In art
- Icons, Byzantine
- Sinai, Mount (Egypt)—In art
- Burning bush—Art
- Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai).
- Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint—Art
- Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint—Art
- Moses (Biblical leader)—Art
- Christian women saints in art
- Prophets in art
- Chatzekyriakes
- Martyrs in art
- Art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The Burning Bush [with an explanatory key to the 1688 view of Sinai].
- Call Number
- D West 43/GC096/Box 02/Normal/Saint Catherine Monastery GA 2014.00008
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcbn999m62k
- Publisher
- Lwow, Poland : [s.n.], 1688/10/05.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1688
- Extent
- 1 item ; print 46 x 34 cm. sheet 32.5 x 40 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund.
- References
- Not in Papastratou.
- Deluga, Waldemar and Zych, Iwona. Greek Church Prints, Print Quarterly 19, no. 2 (June 2002): pp. 123-135.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Woodcuts, Hand-coloring
- Depiction: Icon representing Moses kneeling before the Burning Bush, inside which the Virgin and Child appear. The scene is witnessed from one side by St. Catherine. The archangels Michael and Gabriel are crowning the Theotokos. To the left and right of t.
- Item description: Among the earliest known religious prints produced for circulation in the Orthodox East. This woodcut was intended to accompany the famous "general view of Sinai" made also by Rokou. The present copy is unique. The woodblock was re-used.
- Inscribed in plate: Both sides of crown, "Ioanikios eleo Theou Archiepiskopos / tou hagiou kai theovadistou oros Sina kai Raithou"; Bottom of scene, "Tapeinos doulos Chatzekergiakes / Vourliotis ho nen Synaites 1688 Oktovriou 5. / Es Leopoli tis Polonia.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Art, Byzantine
- Religious art
- Christian art and symbolism—17th century
- Christianity and art—Orthodox Eastern Church—In art
- Icons, Byzantine
- Sinai, Mount (Egypt)—In art
- Burning bush—Art
- Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai).
- Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint—Art
- Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint—Art
- Moses (Biblical leader)—Art
- Christian women saints in art
- Prophets in art
- Chatzekyriakes
- Martyrs in art
- Art
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4a44f8d7-650c-4373-b46c-5511390fe286/manifest