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

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691036020
• ISBN13: 9780691036021
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 7.06 lbs.