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This article examines a set of six icons preserved at the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai, Egypt. Four of the panels are calendar icons. The fifth depicts the
Τετάρτη 29 Ιουνίου 2022
Lidova Maria, Martyrs, Prophets, Monks. Calendar Icons in the Collection of St Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai (11th-12th centuries)
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The author discusses four groups of Byzantine calendar icons kept in the collection of St Catherine’s monastery at Mt Sinai, each differing from the others according to format, number of panels, and in its
Chichinadze Nina, Representing Identities. The Icon of Ioane Tokhabi from Sinai
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The article focuses on identities represented on late 11th - early 12th century painted icon incorporating the image of donor and painter with representation of the Christological cycle and images of the Virgin. Iconographic program of the panel together with bilingual Greek-Georgian inscriptions constructs the self-identity of the Georgian priest-monk Ioane Tokhabi. Various visual and textual markers reveal the national, cultural, and religious identity of the donor. The icon demonstrates that the manifestation of the identities was one of the concerns for creators and/or commissioners of objects of devotional art.
Chichinadze Nina, The Artistic Systems of the Georgian Painted Icons of the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai
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