%0 Journal Article %1 coleman_pilgrims_1994 %A Coleman, Simon %A Elsner, John %D 1994 %J World Archaeology %K Kirchenbau Liturgie Pilgerwesen Sinai %N 1 %P 73--89 %T The Pilgrim's Progress: Art, Architecture and Ritual Movement at Sinai %V 26 %X Anthropological theories of pilgrimage have tended to neglect the cultural significance of material images and architecture. This paper, through a focused study of the material culture of the sixth-century monastery of St Catherine at Mt Sinai, attempts to restore archaeological evidence to the anthropology of pilgrimage. The arts, architecture and inscriptions at the monastery turn out to perform significant ideological work in leading pilgrims from different provenances through a ritual representing spiritual transformation.

@article{coleman_pilgrims_1994, abstract = {Anthropological theories of pilgrimage have tended to neglect the cultural significance of material images and architecture. This paper, through a focused study of the material culture of the sixth-century monastery of St Catherine at Mt Sinai, attempts to restore archaeological evidence to the anthropology of pilgrimage. The arts, architecture and inscriptions at the monastery turn out to perform significant ideological work in leading pilgrims from different provenances through a ritual representing spiritual transformation.}, added-at = {2013-10-25T14:06:50.000+0200}, author = {Coleman, Simon and Elsner, John}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f256a60612a748f1967cdda6bf376b9f/avs}, copyright = {Copyright © 1994 Taylor \& Francis, Ltd.}, file = {Coleman_Elsner_1994_The Pilgrim's Progress.pdf:/Users/stockhausen/Sync/Bibliographie/storage/I8TPPRDB/Coleman_Elsner_1994_The Pilgrim's Progress.pdf:application/pdf}, interhash = {3737609fc0586157c84267f45a9f1c8e}, intrahash = {f256a60612a748f1967cdda6bf376b9f}, issn = {0043-8243}, journal = {World Archaeology}, keywords = {Kirchenbau Liturgie Pilgerwesen Sinai}, note = {{ArticleType:} research-article / Issue Title: Archaeology of Pilgrimage / Full publication date: Jun., 1994 / Copyright © 1994 Taylor \& Francis, Ltd.}, number = 1, pages = {73--89}, shorttitle = {The Pilgrim's Progress}, timestamp = {2013-10-25T14:06:50.000+0200}, title = {The Pilgrim's Progress: Art, Architecture and Ritual Movement at Sinai}, volume = 26, year = 1994 }