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Christ Pantocrator (Sinai)
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Christ Pantocrator |
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| Object type | icon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | religious art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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العربية: أيقونة ضابط الكل في دير سانت كاترين في سيناء، مصر، وتعد من أقدم أيقونات ليسوع المسيح..
English: The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, encaustic on panel (Saint Catherine’s Monastery). The two different facial expressions on either side may emphasize Christ’s two natures as fully God and fully human |
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| Depicted people | Depicted person: Christ Pantocrator – depiction of Christ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 6th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | encaustic painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 84 cm (33 in); width: 45.5 cm (17.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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