Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Christ turned His head away because she was unbaptized.
Call Number
D West 43/GC096/Box 02/Normal/Saint Catherine Monastery GA 2014.00016
Identifier
ark:/88435/p8418x72f
Publisher
Lwow, Poland : [s.n.], 1699.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1699
Extent
1 item ; print 19.6 x 17.6 cm. sheet 19.6 x 17.6 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
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Woodcuts, Hand-coloring
Depiction: Icon representing St. Catherine kneeling before the Virgin and Child. Deciduous trees in background, birds flying above.
Item description: Among the earliest known religious prints produced for circulation in the Orthodox East. Same image as "Saint Catherine with scenes from her life: Proof impression of Scene 1", created as an independent print with added inscription below, surrounded by decorative border of stylized floral patterns.
Inscribed in plate: Below main scene, "Tis hagias megalomartiros parthenou ke pansophou tou Christou / Ekaterinis otan egirizen ho Christos to prosopo tou apologou / tis me to na ene akoma avaptisti hetis echi eulavia as dia / vasi to sinaxari na katalavi. Kiriakis Vouliotis Sinaetis. 1699".

Discovery Information

Subject
Art, Byzantine
Religious art
Christian art and symbolism—17th century
Christianity and art—Orthodox Eastern Church—In art
Icons, Byzantine
Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai).
Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint—Art
Saints in art
Chatzekyriakes
Martyrs in art
Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint—Art
Jesus Christ—Childhood—Art
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a840ada6-f9cc-4d6f-86c0-1aed20a3020c/manifest