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Saint Catherine's Monastery In Sinai

A panorama of St Catherine's Monastery

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Names
Transliterated Name Language Name
Saint Catherine's Monastery English
Moní tís Agías Aikaterínis (Monastery of Saint Catherine) Greek Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης
Dayr al-Qiddīsa Katrīn Arabic دير القدّيسة كاترين
Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Catherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, Official Title
Introduction
Introduction

Located at the foot of Mount Sinai, Saint Catherine's Monastery In Sinai was built between 548 and 565 CE, and is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery (wikipedia citing El Din (1998), Leroy and P. Collin (2004), and a defunct website). The site also hold's the world's oldest continually operating library (wikipedia citing the Sinai Palimpsests Project).

Aerial Views and Illustrations
Aerial Views and Illustrations

Aerial Views

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    Saint Catherine's Monastery

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Illustrations

  • Saint Catherine's Monastery
    Illustration of Saint Catherine's Monastery by David Roberts in 1839

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    Wikipedia - Cleveland Museum of Art - CC0 1.0 (public domain)
    as illustrated by David Roberts in 1839
  • Saint Catherine's Monastery
    Illustration of Saint Catherine's Monastery by Carsten Niebuhr in 1762

    Wikipedia - Public domain
    as illustrated by Carsten Niebuhr in 1762

Notes and Further Reading
References

Articles and Books

Din, M. S. E., et al. (1998). Sinai: The Site & the History : Essays, NYU Press. - can be borrowed with a free account from archive.org

Leroy, J. and P. Collin (2004). Monks and Monasteries of the Near East, Gorgias Press. - can be borrowed by patrons with print diabilities from archive.org

Websites

sinaimonastery.com

Sinai Palimpsests Project

Wikipedia pages

Saint Catherine's Monastery



Mount Sinai



Palimpsest