Posted: 02 Dec 2015 08:37 AM PST
The Icons of Sinai <http://vrc.princeton.edu/sinai/>
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>From 1956 to 1965, Princeton University, the University of Michigan, and
the University of Alexandria carried out a series of expeditions to the
remote Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai—the oldest continuously
inhabited Christian monastery in the world, with a history that can be
traced back over seventeen centuries. The documentation collected by these
joint expeditions, under the direction of Princeton’s Professor Kurt
Weitzmann (pictured below left) and Professor George Forsyth (below, right)
of the University of Michigan, continues to have profound ramifications for
Byzantine studies.
The Visual Resources Collection at Princeton University holds a key archive
for the study of Byzantine icons, namely, the color photographs of the
collection of icons owned by the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount
Sinai taken during these expeditions. This rich body of material stretches
from Late Antiquity until the modern era and encompasses the history of the
icon. The collection is unique in that it documents, in color, the
condition of these icons after the cleaning and restoration carried out in
the 1950s and 1960s. Photography of the expedition was under the direction
of Fred Anderegg, head of photographic services at the University of
Michigan. The VRC has digitized and catalogued the collection of several
thousand color images (5 × 7 inch color Ektachrome transparencies and 35mm
slides) of icons in the Monastery of Saint Catherine made by the joint
expeditions. This project was funded by a David A. Gardner '69 Magic Grant
from the Princeton University Council on the Humanities.
Currently, this website displays about 1,200 transparencies. We will be
adding about 2,000 images and revised data. The online images are limited
to a size of 1024 pixels.
The inputting and correcting of data for these images is ongoing.
Additionally, as images and data are added, the website content will be
expanded. We welcome any constructive scholarly contributions to the data
and invite you to submit comments through our 'Contact Us
<http://vrc.princeton.edu/sinai/contact>' page.
- Introduction <http://vrc.princeton.edu/sinai/introduction>
- Browse Items <http://vrc.princeton.edu/sinai/items/browse>
- Browse Exhibits <http://vrc.princeton.edu/sinai/exhibits>
- About This Project <http://vrc.princeton.edu/sinai/about-this-project>
- Permissions <http://vrc.princeton.edu/sinai/rights>
- Contact Us <http://vrc.princeton.edu/sinai/contact>
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