Icon of Saint Elias ascending into heaven
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Title
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Icon of Saint Elias ascending into heaven
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Description
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This is a digital reproduction of an icon depicting Saint Elias ascending into heaven and giving his cloak to his disciple Elisha, held in St. George Church which is under St. Nicholas Church, Beit Jala, a short distance from Bethlehem. The icon is painted in the Jerusalem Style of the 19th and early 20th century and is located at the wall of the church on the left side next to the iconostasis. The size of the icon is 72 X 117 cm. The Arabic inscription reads: "the ascention of Glorious Prophet Elias from Thisbe in the chariot of fire", "Elisha" and "Elisha when he struck the water of the Jordan River with the cloak of Elias".
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Identifier
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pn_sn_stg_9120869
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Subject
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Bethlehem
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Palestine
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St. Nicholas Icons collection
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Beit Jala
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devotional objects
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icons
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Orthodox Bethlehem
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saints
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License
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IN COPYRIGHT This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. To use this item you need to obtain permission from the rights holder. To request permission to use the item as defined by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use, please contact the Planet Bethlehem Archive administrators.
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Creator
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Unknown
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Contributor
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Faten Nastas Mitwasi
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Jabra Mitwasi
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Type
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Egg tempera on wooden panel
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Source
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St.Nicholas Church, Beit Jala
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Language
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Arabic and Greek
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Spatial Coverage
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31.716105626668842/ 35.189589871
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Rights Holder
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Faten Nastas Mitwasi and Jabra Mitwasi.
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Temporal Coverage
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1850 - 1930
