The scene from the Transfiguration from the Katholicon of the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai is surrounded by medallions with the portraits of the apostles and prophets: detail of Bartholomew the Apostle, 548-565 AD. Saint Catherine Monastery, Sinai, cod. 1186, p. 146r. Manafis, K., Sina: Hoi Thisauroi tis Ieras Monis Agias Aikaterinis, Ekdotike Athenon S.A., Athens 1990, p. 83, ill. 18. © Saint Catherine Monastery, Sinai |
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