The Heavenly Ladder of Saint John Climacus

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Princeton Work Number
39
Michigan Inventory Number
51
Title
The Heavenly Ladder of Saint John Climacus
Verso Title
Cross with "IC XC" and "NI KA"
Approximate Date
Medium
tempera and gold on panel
Dimensions
41.3 x 29.9 x 2.1 cm
Condition
Figures painted over gold background except for figures at lower right painted over a preparatory layer. Minor loss to paint films. Strip of wood added to the top of panel.
Bibliographic Citation
- Parpulov 2010, XII.92 (12th century)
- Elsner & Wolf in Gerstel & Nelson 2010 (Approaching the Holy Mountain), fig. 8
- Vassilaki in London 2008 (Byzantium), no. 323 (late 12th century)
- Pentcheva in Los Angeles 2006 (Icons from Sinai), no. 48 (late 12th century)
- Rossi 2006, Treasures of the Monastery, p. 107
- Evans 2004, Saint Catherine’s Monastery: A Photographic Essay, p. 69
- Archbishop Damianos in New York 2004 (Faith & Power), fig. 11.3
- Athens 1997 (Glory of Byzantium at Sinai), no. 7
- Corrigan in New York 2004 (Glory of Byzantium), no. 247 (late 12th century)
- Vokotopoulos 1995 (Vyzantines eikones), fig. 28
- Belting 1994, Likeness and Presence, pp. 273-4
- Mouriki in Manafis 1990 (Sinai: Treasures), p. 107, p. 155 pl. 24
- Paliouras 1985, fig. 144 (12th – 13th century)
- Coche de la Ferté 1981, L’Art de Byzance, pl. 132
- Weitzmann 1978, The Icon: 6th – 14th C, pl. 25
- Weitzmann et al. 1968, Icons from Southeastern Europe and Sinai, p. 19
- National Geographic, 125 no. 1 (January 1964), p. 115
438
- Gerster 1961, Sinai, Land der Offenbarung, p. 144
- Evans and White, Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt (2004): p. 69.
- Evans and Wixom, The Glory of Byzantium (1997): pp. 376-377, no. 247.
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