Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Seven-branched lamp, Moses and Aaron.
Call Number
D West 43/GC096/Box 02/Normal/Saint Catherine Monastery GA 2014.00019
Identifier
ark:/88435/w3763h28z
Publisher
Lwow, Poland : [s.n.], 1695/07/20.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1695
Extent
1 item ; print 18.3 x 13.0 cm. sheet 20.5 x 16.9 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
Papastratou 415
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 the Ark of the Covenant with Moses at left (holding tablets) and Aaron at right (holding incense burner).
Item description: Among the earliest known religious prints produced for circulation in the Orthodox East.
Inscribed in plate: Above lamp, "To Theovadiston oros tou Syna"; Below ark, "Chatzikirgiakis Vourliotis / Sinaitis 1695 Iouliou 20".

Discovery Information

Subject
Art, Byzantine
Religious art
Christian art and symbolism—17th century
Christianity and art—Orthodox Eastern Church—In art
Icons, Byzantine
Ark of the Covenant in art
Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai).
Aaron (Biblical priest)—Art
Moses (Biblical leader)—Art
Priests, Jewish, in art
Prophets in art
Chatzekyriakes
Bible Old Testament—Art
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

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/45b626f9-0a28-49df-9584-9011bd4102fb/manifest