Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The Burning Bush.
Call Number
D West 43/GC096/Box 02/Normal/Saint Catherine Monastery GA 2014.00009
Identifier
ark:/88435/j098zm64m
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d. [late 17th-early 18th c.]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1718
Extent
1 item ; print 24.7 x 16.6 cm. sheet 30.6 x 20.2 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]
Deluga, Waldemar and Zych, Iwona. Greek Church Prints, Print Quarterly 19, no. 2 (June 2002): pp. 123-135.
Papastratos 394
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Unidentified Artist [woodcutter]
Medium: Woodcuts
Depiction: Icon with standing figures, Prophet Elijah and St. Catherine.
Item description: Among the earliest known religious prints produced for circulation in the Orthodox East.
Inscribed in plate: Above Theotokos, "Hagia Vato".

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
Elijah (Biblical prophet)—Art
Christian women saints in art
Prophets in art
Sinai, Mount (Egypt)—In art
Burning bush—Art
Chatzekyriakes
Martyrs 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/e8a44c92-59c3-48ba-ac9a-19a5495a8295/manifest