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View of Mount Sinai and the monastery of Saint Catherine (in the background, on the right). The summit of Moses or Mount (centre). At the feet of Mount Moses, in the foreground, the chapel of the Burning Bush.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Bible, Burning Bush of Moses (Mount Sinai), Byzantine monuments, Camels, Caravans, Churches, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Choreb, Mount Moses (Gabal Musa), Mount Sinai, Mountains, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai)

The author praying before Saint Catherine at his arrival at the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Allegories, Arnold von Harff, Author portraits, Coats of arms – Emblems, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Sinai, Pilgrimages, Prayer, Prayer beads, Religious practices, Rosaries, Saint Catherine, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Travel

Monastery of Penteli.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Penteli (Attica), Mount Penteli / Pentelikon, Mountains, Religious practices

Monastery of Great Meteoron. 7 September 1810.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Meteora, Monasteries, Monastery of Great Meteoron (Meteora), Natural environment, Religious practices, Thessaly

Monastery of Hagios Nikolaos Anapafsas at Meteora. 6 September 1810.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Meteora, Monasteries, Monastery of Hagios Nicolaos Anapafsas (Meteora), Natural environment, Religious practices, Thessaly

Monastery of Mega Spilaion, Achaia.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Greece, Mega Spilaion, Monasteries, Monastery of Mega Spilaio (Achaia), Peloponnese, Religious practices

Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Dodecanese, Greece, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Patmos, Views

Mar-Saba monastery close to Bethlehem, Palestine.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bethlehem, Mar Saba Monastery, Monasteries, Natural environment, Palestine, Religious practices

The monastery of Saint George at Balaklava, close to Sebastopol. In the background, cape Aya.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Balaklava / anc. Symbolon, Black Sea, Boats and ships, Byzantine monuments, Cape Aya (Crimea), Capes, Crimea, History, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint George (Balaklava), Religious practices, Russia, Russian monumens, Sebastopol, Ukraine

Monastery of Palaiokastritsa, Corfu.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Bell towers, Churches, Corfu, Greece, Ionian islands, Monasteries, Monastery of Palaiokastritsa (Corfu), Palaiokastritsa, Religious practices

The monastery of Panagia Platytera, Corfu.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Church of Panagia Platytera (Corfu), Churches, Corfu, Greece, Houses, Ionian islands, Monasteries, Religious practices

Mar Saba monastery, near Bethlehem, Palestine.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Mar Saba Monastery, Monasteries, Palestine, Religious practices

Monastery of Mega Spilaion, Arcadia.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Mega Spilaio (Achaia), Peloponnese, Religious practices

Monastery of Great Lavra on Mount Athos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Great Lavra (Mount Athos), Mount Athos, Religious practices

The tomb of Saint Catherine at the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Frescoes, Human types, Monasteries, Mount Sinai, Mountains, Prayer, Priests, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Sinai

Chapel of the Burning Bush of Moses at the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Burning Bush of Moses (Mount Sinai), Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Sinai, Mountains, Prayer, Priests, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Sinai

View of the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monumens, Egypt, Monasteries, Mountains, Pigrimages, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Sinai, Όρος Σινά

The artist's room in the Armenian monastery (possibly Saint James'), in which she stayed during her visit to Jerusalem.

Tags: Carpets, Cathedral of Saint James (Jerusalem), Churches, Costume - Hats and headwear, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Frescoes, Interiors, Israel, Jerusalem, Monasteries, Palestine, Pigrimages, Priests, Religious practices, Smoking

The cave of Cave of Saint John the Theologian, or Cave of the Apocalypse, on Patmos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Cave of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Dodecanese, Greece, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Patmos, Priests, Religious practices

The Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Dodecanese, Greece, Human types, Medieval architecture, Medieval monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Patmos, Religious practices

Monastery of Simonos Petras, Mount Athos.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Monasteries, Mount Athos, Religious practices, Simonos Petras Monastery (Mount Athos)

View of Meteora.

Tags: Greece, Human types, Meteora, Monasteries, Natural environment, Priests, Religious practices, Thessaly, Views

1. Plan of the church of Agioleo (Saint Leon) at Palaiomethoni. This was probably the site of the now-lost Cistercian monastery of De viridario beatae Mariae at Paliomethoni, close to Methoni. 2. View of the monastery of Hagios Vasileios, close to the early Christian catacombs of Saint Onuphrius.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Church of Agioleo (Methoni), Church of Hagios Vasileios (Methoni), Churches, Greece, Methoni, Monasteries, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings

Monastery of Odigitria or Kyria Gonia at Kolymbari, Chania province. In the backgrounds, the White Mountains (Lefka Ori).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Kolymbari (Chania), Lefka Ori, Monasteries, Monastery of Odigitria / Kyria Gonia (Chania), Mountains, Priests, Religious practices, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

Winged statuette, probably of Eros, discovered at the excavations near the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at ancient Aptera, under the author's supervision. The author took the statuette with him to Britain.

Tags: Aptera (Palaiokastro), Art and antiquities, Chania, Crete, Excavations, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Sculptures

Monastery of Arkadi, Rethymno province.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arkadi Monastery, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Crete, Greece, Monasteries, Religious practices, Rethymno, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

Monastery of Hagios Georgios Epanosifis, Heraklion province.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, Metaxochori (Crete), Monasteries, Monastery of Hagios Georgios Epanosifis (Heraklion), Religious practices, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

Inscription in Doric dialect found by the author in a church at the village of Stavromenos, on his return trip from Melidoni to Rethymno.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Crete, Greece, Inscriptions, Monasteries, Rethymno, Stavromenos

Part of the Roman cistern of Aptera.

Tags: Akrotiri (Chania), Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cisterns / Reservoirs, Crete, Greece, Irrigation systems, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Roman architecture, Roman monuments

Ancient inscription of a city decree discovered by the author near the foundations of the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at Aptera, Chania, following a brief excavation.

Tags: Aptera (Palaiokastro), Art and antiquities, Crete, Excavations, Greece, Inscriptions, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera)

Part of ancient wall near the monastery of Saint John the Theologian at Aptera, near Chania.

Tags: Aptera (Palaiokastro), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Chania, Crete, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Walls

Part of wall of the Hellenistic or the Roman period at ancient Aptera, near Chania.

Tags: Aptera (Palaiokastro), Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Chania, Crete, Greece, Hellenistic architecture, Hellenistic monuments, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Aptera), Roman architecture, Roman monuments, Walls

View of the monastery of Katholikon, or Monastery of Saint John the Hermit, Chania province.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Chania, Costume - Hats and headwear, Crete, Greece, Human types, Katholikon monastery (Crete), Monasteries, Natural environment, Religious practices

The cave in which Saint John the Hermit slept, according to tradition. It is situated near the monastery of Katholikon, or Monastery of Saint John the Hermit, Chania province.

Tags: Cave of Saint John the Hermit (Crete), Caves, Chania, Crete, Greece, Katholikon monastery (Crete), Monasteries, Natural environment, Religious practices

The monastery of Agia Triada Tzagarolon at Akrotiri peninsula, near the city of Chania.

Tags: Akrotiri (Chania), Architecture and built environment, Cemeteries, Crete, Greece, Monasteries, Monastery of Hagia Triada Tzagarolon (Chania), Religious practices, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments

118-121. Ancient Greek inscriptions from Paroikia, Paros. 122. Ancient Greek inscription, part of relief from the quarries of Marathi, Paros, near Agios Minas. 123. Ancient Greek inscription from Vatopedi monastery. 124. Ancient inscription in Greek and Latin from Vatopedi monastery.

Tags: Aetolia and Acarnania, Agios Minas (Paros), Art and antiquities, Churches, Greece, Inscriptions, Monasteries, Monastery of Vatopedi (Mount Athos), Mount Athos, Paros, Quarries

Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Trikala (Meteora).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Meteora, Monasteries, Monastery of the Holy Trinity (Meteora), Natural environment, Religious practices, Thessaly

Mount Athos.

Tags: Boats and ships, Greece, Macedonia, Monasteries, Mount Athos, Natural environment

General view of the principal monasteries of Meteora.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Meteora, Monasteries, Monastery of Great Meteoron (Meteora), Monastery of Varlaam (Meteora), Natural environment, Religious practices, Thessaly

Monastery of Daphni.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Attica, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Central Greece, Daphni, Daphni monastery, Greece, Human types, Monasteries, Natural environment, Religious practices, Views

Entrance to the walls of Profitis Ilias, Sifnos.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Cyclades, Greece, Monasteries, Profitis Ilias (Sifnos), Religious practices, Sifnos

Tower of the 4th century AD, in the court of Agia Marina monastery (also known as Agia Marina tower), Kea island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Greece, Kea, Monasteries, Monastery of Hagia Marina (Kea), Tower of Agia Marina (Kea), Towers

View of the monastery of the Saviour on Strofades island.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Children, Churches, Greece, Human types, Ionian islands, Monasteries, Monastery of the Saviour (Strofades), Natural environment, Strofades islands, Venetian architecture, Venetian monuments, Views, Women

The Monastery of Hagios Nicolaos Anapafsas at Meteora, near the village of Kastraki.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Meteora, Monasteries, Monastery of Hagios Nicolaos Anapafsas (Meteora), Monks, Natural environment, Religious practices, Thessaly

The Monastery of Mega Spilaion at Achaia.

Tags: Achaia, Architecture and built environment, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Greece, Mega Spilaion, Monasteries, Peloponnese, Religious practices

Map of Patmos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Greece, Islands, Maps, Monasteries, Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (Patmos), Patmos

46. Ottoman aqueduct in Belgrade forest, Istanbul. 50, 51 and 52. Architectural features of the aqueduct. 48. Monastery on Chios island. 54. The Sultan.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Belgrade Forest (Belgrad Ormanı), Chios, Houses, Irrigation systems, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Istanbul, Monasteries, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Turkey

33. View of Mount Sinai with the Monastery of Saint Catherine (in the background, on the right). In the centre, Mount Moses. In the foreground, a monastery near Mount Sinai, styled by the author “The Monastery of the Burning Bush”.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Churches, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Horeb, Mount Moses (Gabal Musa), Mount Sinai, Mountains, Pilgrimages, Religious practices, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai)

24. Mount Horeb. 25. Monastery near Mount Moses, Egypt, which the author calls “Monastery of the Burning Bush”. 26. View of the Sphinx at Giza necropolis, Cairo. 28. Church near Cairo. 29. The Pyramids of Giza. Graves in Ottoman cemetery of Cairo. 31. The rock of Meribah on Mount Choreb. 32. Mount Sinai with the monastery of Saint Catherine and Mount Moses.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cairo, Churches, Egypt, Monasteries, Mount Choreb, Mount Moses (Gabal Musa), Mount Sinai, Mountains, Necropolis of Giza, Pilgrimages, Pyramids of Giza, Religious practices, Rock of Meribah, Saint Catherine's Monastery (Mount Sinai), Sphinx (Egypt)

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