Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Saint John Klimakos.
Call Number
D West 43/GC096/Box 02/Normal/Saint Catherine Monastery GA 2014.00021
Identifier
ark:/88435/76537985t
Publisher
Lwow, Poland : [s.n.], 1700.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1700
Extent
1 item ; print 18.2 x 16.5 cm. sheet 20.9 x 18.7 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
Papastratou, Dore. Paper Icons: Greek Orthodox Religious Engravings, 1665-1899. Athens: Papastratos; Recklinghausen: A. Bongers, 1990. [Marquand Library (SA) Oversize NE655.2 .P3713 1990q
Papastratos 416
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. John standing and reading scroll before a crowd.
Item description: Among the earliest known religious prints produced for circulation in the Orthodox East.
Inscribed in plate: Top left, "Chai / re Va / te akata / phlektos"; Middle, "Chaire / hagion oros / ke theova / diston"; Top right, "Chai / re kli / max ou / ranie die / s katevi/ho Theos"'; Unfolded scroll, "Deu / te a / del / phi pa / nte / s"; Lower right, "Hieromonoachos Dione / sie Exovraze X.K."

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).
John, Climacus, Saint, active 6th century—Art
Christian saints in art
Chatzekyriakes
Monastic and religious life—Egypt—In art
Orthodox—Eastern Church—Doctrines
Spiritual life—Orthodox Eastern Church—In 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/e079d2f1-9be4-4b04-bade-f4ca024f6ab8/manifest