Mount Sinai, Monastery of Saint Catherine: Shrine and Reliquaries of Saint Catherine / Former marble reliquary chest, now kept in monastery's Treasury / creation date of current shrine: ca. 18th century

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Work Title: Mount Sinai, Monastery of Saint Catherine: Shrine and Reliquaries of Saint Catherine
View Title: Former marble reliquary chest, now kept in monastery's Treasury
Creator/Culture: shrine carved by Procopius the stonecutter
Image Creator/Culture: photographer: Fred Anderegg (American, 1908-2001); Photographed: 1958
Site/Repository: Site: Monastery of Saint Catherine (Mount Sinai, Egypt)
Period/Date: creation date of current shrine: ca. 18th century
Subjects: The Michigan-Princeton-Alexandria Expeditions to Mount Sinai; Forsyth, George H., Jr. (1902-1991); Weitzmann, Kurt (1904-1993); Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai); Sinai (Egypt); Monasteries; Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint; Shrines; Reliquaries; Relics
Work Record ID: 581533
Image Record ID: 1392343
Digital filename: 16asinai03085
HART Image Order Number: 310153
Date Added/Updated: 2018-03-22 01:22:08

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 3600 x 2489
File Size: 667 KB
Record: 1392343
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1392343/16asinai03085

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1392343. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1392343/16asinai03085. July 08, 2025.