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The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai: The lluminated Greek manuscripts: Volume one: From the ninth to the twelfth century

Door Kurt Weitzmann e.a.

Categorie	Boekdrukkunst & Boeken
Boeknummer	#390586-MD11
Titel	The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai: The lluminated Greek manuscripts: Volume one: From the ninth to the twelfth century
Auteur	Weitzmann, Kurt & George Galavaris
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Princton University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1990
ISBN10	0691036020
ISBN13	9780691036021
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original gilt lettered burgundy cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous (full page) illustrations in colour and b/w, folio.
Samenvatting	At the Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai is preserved the one Byzantine monastic library that antedates those on Mount Athos, and the only one that retains something like its medieval profile. Kurt Weitzmann and George Galavaris present a catalogue of the sixty-nine illuminated manuscripts from the period between the ninth century and about 1200. The visual documentation amounts to over 700 illustrations, including ornamental decorations, many never before published. The discussions of the manuscripts include palaeographical and codicological data, and information on the history and condition, bindings, illustrations, and iconography and style of each item. A bibliography is also included for each. The introduction gives a survey of the history and vicissitudes of the library, whi... (Lees verder)ch is now housed in a fireproof building. Some of the manuscripts were certainly produced on Sinai, while others may be attributed to the eastern or western provinces of the Empire. The finest are Constantinopolitan works of outstanding quality and merit.
Pagina's	202
Conditie	Goed — Small crease at lower edge dust jacket, top right corners bumped, bookplate on verso front board.
Prijs	€ 55,00

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