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Article: Icons from the holy land.(religious exhibition)
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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Geographically remote and with a forbidding climate that is scorching hot during the day and bitterly cold at night, Mount Sinai is one of the holiest places on earth. It is here that Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike believe Moses saw the burning bush, heard God, and received His commandments. By the sixth century, under the patronage of the Byzantine emperor Justinian, what is now known as the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine had been erected at the base of Mount Sinai. It is the oldest continuously operating Christian monastery in the world and houses one of the finest collections of religious icons anywhere, as well as a library that contains some thirty-five ...