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In: Rudolf de Jong, Thomas van Gool, Celien Moors, Zakaria El Houbba (eds.), Proceedings of the Multidisciplinary Conference on the Sinai Desert. The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November 2014. 85-102
This article introduces the Monastery of Saint Catherine, where the CCA, Centro di Conservazione Archeologica of Rome, carried out a major conservation project for the conservation of the mosaic of the Transfiguration between 2005-2008. As well as describing the nature of the monument and its context, the authors present an overview of the conservation condition of the mosaic at the beginning of the intervention and the complex restoration procedures carried out.
Author(s): Nardi R., Zizola C.
Year Published: 2015
Language / Translations: English