Transfiguration (triptych) / Back (wings open) / creation date: 18th century

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Work Title: Transfiguration (triptych)
View Title: Back (wings open)
Creator/Culture: Greek; Byzantine
Image Creator/Culture: photographer: Fred Anderegg (American, 1908-2001); Icon photographed: 1958
Site/Repository: Site: Monastery of Saint Catherine (Mount Sinai, Egypt)-- Old Library
Period/Date: creation date: 18th century
Subjects: The Michigan-Princeton-Alexandria Expeditions to Mount Sinai; Forsyth, George H., Jr. (1902-1991); Weitzmann, Kurt (1904-1993); Mount Sinai (Egypt); Orthodox Church; Byzantine Empire; Icons; Christianity; Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai); Monks; Greek crosses; Transfiguration of Christ; Jesus Christ; Triptychs; Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, ca. 250-356 (cf. Great, Temptation of); Death -- Symbolic aspects; Eustathius of Antioch; Euthymius the Great; George, Saint, d. 303; Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint; John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407; Sabas, Saint, Abbot, 439-532
Work Record ID: 577124
Image Record ID: 1375566
Digital filename: 15asinai02001
HART Image Order Number: 300130
Date Added/Updated: 2018-03-17 08:45:59

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 7967 x 4395
File Size: 4 MB
Record: 1375566
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1375566/15asinai02001

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1375566. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1375566/15asinai02001. July 20, 2025.