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Mosaic Christ (Detail-Sinai, 6th c.)  
Mosaic Christ
(Detail-Sinai, 6th c.)

Date: 6th c.
Location: St. Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai
Style: Mosaic
Heritage: Byzantine

This icon is a detail of the mosaic of the Transfiguration in the apse of the church over the main altar and is representative of the last phase of sacred art in this Justinian period (550-565).

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