File:The Ladder of Divine Ascent.jpg
Summary
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladder_of_Divine_Ascent" class="extiw" title="en:The Ladder of Divine Ascent">Ladder of Divine Ascent</a> is an important icon kept and exhibited at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery,_Mount_Sinai" class="extiw" title="en:Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai">Saint Catherine's Monastery</a>, situated the base of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai" class="extiw" title="en:Mount Sinai">Mount Sinai</a> in Egypt. The gold background is typical of icons such as this, which was manufactured in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century" class="extiw" title="en:12th century">12th century</a> after a manuscript written by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_century" class="extiw" title="en:6th century">6th century</a> monk <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Climacus" class="extiw" title="en:John Climacus">John Climacus</a> who based it on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" class="extiw" title="en:Bible">biblical</a> description of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_ladder" class="extiw" title="en:Jacob's ladder">Jacob's ladder</a>. It depicts the ascent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven" class="extiw" title="en:Heaven">Heaven</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk" class="extiw" title="en:Monk">monks</a>, some of which fall and are dragged away by black demons.
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| current | 10:57, 5 January 2017 | | 1,705 × 2,238 (1 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladder_of_Divine_Ascent" class="extiw" title="en:The Ladder of Divine Ascent">Ladder of Divine Ascent</a> is an important icon kept and exhibited at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery,_Mount_Sinai" class="extiw" title="en:Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai">Saint Catherine's Monastery</a>, situated the base of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai" class="extiw" title="en:Mount Sinai">Mount Sinai</a> in Egypt. The gold background is typical of icons such as this, which was manufactured in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century" class="extiw" title="en:12th century">12th century</a> after a manuscript written by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_century" class="extiw" title="en:6th century">6th century</a> monk <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Climacus" class="extiw" title="en:John Climacus">John Climacus</a> who based it on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" class="extiw" title="en:Bible">biblical</a> description of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_ladder" class="extiw" title="en:Jacob's ladder">Jacob's ladder</a>. It depicts the ascent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven" class="extiw" title="en:Heaven">Heaven</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk" class="extiw" title="en:Monk">monks</a>, some of which fall and are dragged away by black demons. |
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