The Ark, along with Moses and Abraham on both sides, handmade icon. Tyre shekel pendants and the others belonging to

and the others belonging to the two thieves that died alongside Him

the icon was in the possession of John of Damascus in the early 8th century and it is associated with his miraculous healing around the year 717

The story is not recorded in its present form until the Middle Ages

Cities in Asia Minor accounted for 94

The size and shape of the panel would suggest that it was once incorporated into an iconostasis

The Ark, along with Moses and Abraham on both sides, handmade icon. Tyre shekel pendants and the others belonging toSize: 99. 5x64. 5 closed, 129. 5 opened cm, 39x25. 3 closed, 50. 9 opened inch. The Ark is a gold covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. According to various texts within the Hebrew Bible, it also contained Aaron's rod and a pot of manna. Hebrews 9: 4 describes: "The ark of the covenant [was] covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the