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Theotokos and Christ Child. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. VI century. Kyiv, Museum of Western and Orirntal Art

Theotokos and Christ Child. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. VI century. Kyiv, Museum of Western and Orirntal Art

Theotokos and Christ Child. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. VI century. Kyiv, Museum of Western and Orirntal Art

Theotokos and Christ Child. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. VI century. Kyiv, Museum of Western and Orirntal Art

John the Baptist. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. VI century. Kyiv, Museum of Western and Orirntal Art

John the Baptist. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. VI century. Kyiv, Museum of Western and Orirntal Art

John the Baptist. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. VI century. Kyiv, Museum of Western and Orirntal Art

Prophet Elias. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. VII century.

Prophet Elias. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. VII century.

The Descent into Hell. Tempera icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. XII century.

The Descent into Hell. Tempera icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. XII century.

Prophet Elias. Byzantine icon. XII century. Kastoria, Byzantine museum

Prophet Elias. Byzantine icon. XII century. Kastoria, Byzantine museum.

Apostole Peter. Byzantine icon. Third quarter of the XIII century. Dumbarton Oaks

Apostole Peter. Byzantine icon. Third quarter of the XIII century. Dumbarton Oaks

Christ Chalkites. Byzantine icon. Late XIII century. SPb, State Hermitage museum

Christ Chalkites. Byzantine icon. Late XIII century. SPb, State Hermitage museum

Resources:

http://campus.belmont.edu/honors/SinaiIcons/SinaiIcons.html

http://www.uer.varvar.ru/sinay.htm

http://byzantio.tumblr.com/tagged/icon