Mount Sinai

By Gerasimos Sinaitos Filipupolitu
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34 x 47 cm
16th Century

A portrayal of Mount Sinai in Egypt, depicting in illustrations the key biblical and spiritual events relating to it such as Moses seeing a bush alight that wouldn’t burn (representing the Blessed Virgin Mary), Moses receiving the ten commandments, the monastery of Saint Catherine that is located on the mountain and the Saint herself…