Highlights
by Rachel Campbell-Johnston.
The resurrection of one of the most important art works in Christendom can be celebrated this Easter. The magnificent mosaic of the Transfiguration in the church of St Catherine in Sinai has been brought back to new life. Now, as a long and extremely delicate conservation project reaches its conclusion, the Times can show the first pictures from the freshly restored apse that for some 1500 years glimmered in the imagination of religious pilgrim and cultural traveller alike.
Medium: The Times
Date Published: April 8, 2009
Language Published: English