Getty to display religious icons from Mt. Sinai

In a feat of international diplomacy and long-term planning, the J. Paul Getty Museum has arranged to bring a trove of Byzantine devotional objects from an Egyptian monastery to Los Angeles.

Fifty-three objects from the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai — home of the world's finest collection of Byzantine icons and manuscripts — will go on view Nov. 14 in an exclusive 16-week engagement at the Getty Center.

MUSEUMS - Getty to display religious icons from Mt. Sinai Established in the 6th century by Byzantine emperor Justinian, at the foot of the mountain where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments, St. Catherine's is the oldest continuously operating Christian monastery in existence. At this article you can preview some of the Byzantine icons.