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1839 CE Saint Catherine's Monastery Quake

1839 CE

by Jefferson Williams








Introduction & Summary

Ambraseys (2009) reports that a near-contemporary source described damage to a fortification wall of St Catherine’s monastery in Sinai due to an earthquake in 1839 CE.

Textual Evidence

Text (with hotlink) Original Language Biographical Info Religion Date of Composition Location Composed Notes
Grigoriadis (1875) Greek 1875 CE This is one of Ambraseys (2009)'s sources. I have not yet been able to access this.
Rabino (1937) French 1937 CE This is one of Ambraseys (2009)'s sources. I have not yet been able to access this.
Text (with hotlink) Original Language Biographical Info Religion Date of Composition Location Composed Notes
Grigoriadis (1875)

Online Versions and Further Reading

References

Grigoriadis, P. (1875), I hiera moni tou Sina, Jerusalem.

Rabino (1937)

Online Versions and Further Reading

References

Rabino, H. L. (1937), ‘Le monastere de Sainte Catherine, ` Mont-Sinai; souvenirs epographiques des anciens ´ pelerins’, ` Bull. Soc. R. Geogr. d’Egypte ´ , 19, 21–126.

Archeoseismic Evidence

Tsunamogenic Evidence

Paleoseismic Evidence

Notes

Ambraseys (2009)

AD 1839 Saint Catherine

A near-contemporary source refers to repairs of the fortification wall of St Catherine’s monastery in Sinai during this year, following an earthquake that caused them some damage. Repairs to the museum building in c. 1840 are also mentioned (Grigoriadis 1875, 48; Rabino 1937, 25).

References

Ambraseys, N. (2009). Earthquakes in the Mediterranean and Middle East: a multidisciplinary study of seismicity up to 1900. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.

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