Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt

Download or read book Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt written by Helen C. Evans and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2004 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book the Monastery and its buildings are presented in many newly commissioned color photographs: included are views of the richly decorated sanctuary of the sixth-century church as well as images of the world's most outstanding collection of icons. The Introduction by His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai and the essay on the Holy Monastery by Helen C. Evans augment the powerful and dramatic photographs of the site, some of them from the Monastery's archives"--Jacket.