Proskynetarion

[citation needed] Proskynetaria were also a genre of Orthodox Christian pilgrim guides to the Holy Land, which appeared in the mid-17th century and flourished during the 18th.

[2] The usually small-format, accessibly written books served as practical itinerary suggestions, with descriptions of the pilgrimage sites in Palestine.

[2] Large icons painted on canvas and sold as souvenirs to Orthodox Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land.

[3] They represent the most visually attractive genre of the flourishing local icon industry from the late Ottoman period, 19th-century artists from Palestine dominating the pilgrim souvenir production also in Egypt and Syria.

[3] Possibly first created in the second half of the 17th century, the oldest specimen preserved among the several hundred surviving examples is from 1704.