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Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai

Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai 278 Book Reviews / Religion and the Arts 13 (2009) 275–281 Nelson, Robert S., and Kristen M. Collins, eds. Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai . Contributions Th omas F. Mathews, David Jacoby, and Father Justin Sinaites. Foreword His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai. Los Angeles CA: Getty Publications, 2007. Pp. xvi + 304 + 273 illustrations + 1 map + DVD. $75.00 cloth, $50.00 paper. T he discovery of an extraordinary collection of icons in the monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai was a great event in art history. Going back to the Emperor Justinian, the monastery is the oldest of such religious institutions still today dedicated to its original mission. Just look- ing at the pictures in this catalogue produced for the exhibition at the Getty Museum in the Fall of 2006 gives an idea of the splendid treasure hidden for so many centuries in a forgotten corner of the earth, its only guards and witnesses a community of prayerful monks. Th e Getty curators organized it according to three aspects or themes: Holy Image, Sacred Space, and Holy Place. Th e photographs and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and the Arts Brill

Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai

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Religion and the Arts , Volume 13 (2): 278 – Jan 1, 2009
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278 Book Reviews / Religion and the Arts 13 (2009) 275–281 Nelson, Robert S., and Kristen M. Collins, eds. Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai . Contributions Th omas F. Mathews, David Jacoby, and Father Justin Sinaites. Foreword His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine at Sinai. Los Angeles CA: Getty Publications, 2007. Pp. xvi + 304 + 273 illustrations + 1 map + DVD. $75.00 cloth, $50.00 paper. T he discovery of an extraordinary collection of icons in the monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai was a great event in art history. Going back to the Emperor Justinian, the monastery is the oldest of such religious institutions still today dedicated to its original mission. Just look- ing at the pictures in this catalogue produced for the exhibition at the Getty Museum in the Fall of 2006 gives an idea of the splendid treasure hidden for so many centuries in a forgotten corner of the earth, its only guards and witnesses a community of prayerful monks. Th e Getty curators organized it according to three aspects or themes: Holy Image, Sacred Space, and Holy Place. Th e photographs and

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