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Ceremonial Cloth


Gallery of Artifacts in the

Monastery of St. Catherine Collection

John Watson

Ceremonial Cloth



Ceremonial Cloth - A part of the collection of artifacts belonging to the Monastery of St. Catherine

This Ceremonial cloth was cover for the reliquary of St. Catherine. It has fine embroidered scenes from the Saint's life. The central representation shows the angels carrying the Saint's body to the highest peak of Mount Sinai. It dates tot he 17th century.


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Title

Author

Date

Publisher

Reference Number

Christianizing the Roman Empire A.D. 100-400

MacMullen, Ramsay

1984

Yale University Press

ISBN 0-300-03642-6

Monastery of St. Catherine, The

Papaioannou, Dr. Evangelos

Undated

Unknown

None Stated

Sinai and the Red Sea

Beecham, N.

Undated

Unknown

None Stated

St. Catherine's Monastery

Paliouras, Athanasios

1985

St. Catherine's Monastery at Sinai

None Stated

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