The Heavenly Ladder of Saint John Climacus
Item
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Princeton Work Number
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39
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Michigan Inventory Number
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51
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Title
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The Heavenly Ladder of Saint John Climacus
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Verso Title
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Cross with "IC XC" and "NI KA"
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Medium
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tempera and gold on panel
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Dimensions
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41.3 x 29.9 x 2.1 cm
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Condition
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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.
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Bibliographic Citation
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- 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
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- 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.