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Greek Orthodox priests at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holding prized manuscript with silver covers from their library

Greek Orthodox priests at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai holding prized manuscript with silver covers from their library

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Photo shows (left) English biblical scholar and manuscript curator James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) with a monk in the library of St. Catherine's Monastery. (Source: Janet Martin Soskice, The sisters of Sinai, p. 279)

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Date

01/01/1923
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American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer
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Al Meghra29.41806, 34.56750
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Library of Congress
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