“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
