Item Summary

View of Mount Catherine and Mount Sinai. Inscription at the top in Greek reads: "Eleō theou Archiepiskopos tou hagiou kai theovadistou horous [sic] Sina Konstantios." Inscription in the top left corner in Latin reads: " ... Sacri Montis Sinai in Arabia Archiepiscopus ... Illustrisse D.D.V.V. ... Hieromonachum nostrum Mercurium humillime presentatur." To the left and right of the central composition there are two explanatory numbered lists, 62 in total, about the events taking place in the picture.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Mount Catherine / Mount Sinai paper icon.]
Call Number
A South 04/Drawer 08/GC094/Elephant Folio/ GA 2024.02983
Identifier
ark:/88435/c534fs948
Publisher
[Vienna : s.n.], 1759.
Language
Greek
Date Created
1759
Extent
1 sheet : illustrations ; plate 50 x 70 cm. on sheet 59 x 72 cm.
Source Acquisition
GAX copy: Gift of the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund and matching funds provided by a gift of The Orpheus Trust to the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Hellenic Studies at Princeton University.
References
Not in Papastratou.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.

Discovery Information

Subject
Catherine of Alexandria, Saint—Art
Moses (Biblical leader)—Art
Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai)
Art, Byzantine
Christian women saints
Religious art
Burning bush—Art
Christian art and symbolism—18th century
Christianity and art—Orthodox Eastern Church—Pictorial works
Engraving—18th century
Prophets
Saints in art
Sinai, Mount (Egypt)—Art
Paper
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/212bde6c-421e-4afa-9c8e-21f7f9da9796/manifest