Icon with the Virgin Hodegetria Dexiokratousa

Icon with the Virgin Hodegetria Dexiokratousa, first quarter of 13th century (Byzantine), tesserae (gold and other materials), set in wax on wood, 44. 5 x 33. 5 x 2. 5 cm (Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt) speakers: Dr. Evan Freeman, Hellenic Canadian Congress of BC Chair in Hellenic Studies at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University and Dr. Steven Zucker