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Show 1 i icons of all ages, mostly signed and dated, offering the Maple* sat known representation ©f ecclesiastical art frem^pre-icoaociastlc age until modern times. The mosaics to both the Chapel of the Burning Bush and the Cathedral date from the reigns •! Cemstaatto* the Great (306-37) and Jastinian (527-65). Their importance is ascribed to the fact that they, especially those of Justtols®, stand exactly where the ancient craftsman left them in perfect condition. The architecture of the Moaastery to® offers I living museum of designs and structures of all ages and styles, th*e§h She bulk of it remains in the form ©f a Byzantine fortress.yft was m. account of these facts that the second Mt. Sinai Expedition was launched by the University of Michigan and Princeton jointly with Alexandria to photograph all those art treasures. Th® Center faff latercultural Studies has the pleasure and privilege ©f presenting A. a photographic selection of these art treasures lent iiBes*4*y'-~®ir-i£fcafe^by the University of Michigan Museum of Art* ^^Utr"o1^>anjr^^ |