Eastern Christian Supply—Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai

Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai

Edited by Robert S. Nelson and Kristen M. Collins

“The Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai, Egypt, holds the finest collection of Byzantine icons and manuscripts in the world. In the exhibition Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai the J. Paul Getty Museum is privileged to introduce the public to the compelling history of the monastery and the central role of the icon in the devotional life of monks and patrons. [...]In recent years, under the dynamic leadership of His Eminence, the Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, the monastery has developed relationships with major cultural institutions and foundations throughout the world, in the interest both of better caring for and preserving its buildings and collection and of making them more accessible to scholars and the general public. The Getty Museum welcomes this opportunity to present the first exhibition devoted to Sinai as a collection and as a historical phenomenon.”
—“Director’s Foreword”

CONTENTS

Archbishop’s Foreword
Director’s Foreword
Acknowledgments
Where God Walked and Monks Pray
Robert S. Nelson
Early Icons of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai
Thomas F. Mathews
The Sinai Codex Theodosianus: Manuscript as Icon
Father Justin Sinaites
Christian Pilgrimage to Sinai until the Late Fifteenth Century
David Jacoby
Visual Piety and Institutional Identity at Sinai
Kristen M. Collins
Holy Image
Catalogue numbers 1–19
Holy Space
Catalogue numbers 20–41
Holy Site
Catalogue numbers 42–61
Glossary
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index of Names
Index of Works
Lenders to the Exhibition
Photograph credits

Item Number: BKOU737
Publication data: Los Angeles, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006
Format: softcover
Number of pages: XVI + 304
Dimensions (l × w × h): 30.5 cm × 23.2 cm × 2.5 cm
Additional information: full-color illustrations
ISBN-10: 0‒89236‒856‒X
ISBN-13: 978‒0‒89236‒856‒3

$49.95 (USD)