Author: Piatnitsky, Yuri et al.
Title: Sinai Byzantium Russia: Orthodox Art from the Sixth to the Twentieth Century
Description: St. Petersburg, Russia, Saint Catherine Foundation / State Hermitage Museum, 2000. Hardbound. Black cloth with silver color illustrated dustjacket. 488 pp. with 100s of color plate reproductions. This is the English language edition in hardcover. Includes essays by Yuri Piatnitsky, Marlia Mango and Robin Cormack. List of Exhibitions, bibliography. This exhibition catalogue offers a magnificent and comprehensive catalogue of Orthodox art, art treasures and masterpieces rarely seen outside of Russia. These works are drawn from two sources: the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai (the oldest monastery in the world) and the Hermitage museum, St Petersburg. The material included ranges from icons and paintings to jewellery, enamels, illuminated manuscripts, ivories, textiles, coins and precious metalwork of all kinds. A hard book to put down!. VG/VG ex private library with stamps on top and bottom text blocks; stamp on front free end page; due date card on back pasted end page; and small sticker at base of dustjacket.

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