The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai: The Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, Volume I: From the Ninth to the Twelfth Century

by Kurt Weitzmann and George Galavaris

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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...

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  • ISBN10 0691036020
  • ISBN13 9780691036021
  • Publish Date 21 January 1991
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 15 October 1998
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Princeton University Press