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The site also holds the world's oldest continually operating library,<ref name="sinai.library.ucla" /> with unique or extremely rare works, such as the [[Codex Sinaiticus]] and the [[Syriac Sinaiticus]],<ref>Sebastian P. Brock, Two Hitherto Unattested Passages of the Old Syriac Gospels in Palimpsests from St Catherie's Monastery, Sinai, Δελτίο Βιβλικῶν Μελετῶν 31A, 2016, pp. 7–18.</ref><ref name="sinai.library.ucla" /> as well as possibly the largest collection of early Christian [[icon]]s, including the earliest known depiction of [[Jesus]] as [[Christ Pantocrator]].
Saint Catherine's has as its backdrop the three mountains it lies near: [[Willow Peak|Ras Sufsafeh]] (possibly the Biblical [[Mount Horeb]], peak c.{{cvt|1|km}} west); Jebel Arrenziyeb, peak c.{{thinspace}}1km south; and [[Mount Sinai]] (locally, {{transliteration|ar|Jebel Musa}}, by tradition identified with the biblical Mount Sinai; peak {{circa|{{cvt|2|km}}}} south).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visit Saint Catherine Monastery, Egypt |url=https://visitafrica.site/
==Christian traditions==
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