History + Iconoclasm / Continuity / regional variation

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Sinai Survival of Early Icons

Painted icons preserved at Saint Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai form a major continuity strand because comparatively few early Byzantine icons survived the Iconoclastic centuries.

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8th–9th c. continuity context · Continuity / regional variation

First Iconoclast Phase · approximate or broad

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition
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EncausticSinai Survival of Early Icons —preserves-examples-using→ Encaustic · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-302.Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s MonasterySinai Survival of Early Icons —associated-with→ Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monastery · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-300.Panel PaintingSinai Survival of Early Icons —preserves-examples-of→ Panel Painting · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-301.Sinai Preservation ContextSinai Survival of Early Icons ←contextualizes— Sinai Preservation Context · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-684.

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Sinai Survival of Early Iconspreserves-examples-usingEncausticuses-materialWood Panel
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Sinai Survival of Early Iconspreserves-examples-usingEncausticuses-materialWax Binder
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Sinai Survival of Early Iconspreserves-examples-usingEncausticuses-materialPigment Particles
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Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monastery

source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

preserves-examples-of
Panel Painting

source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Encaustic

source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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First Iconoclast Period

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Sinai Preservation Context

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition
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